Firefighters battle fire at hazardous materials warehouse

Firefighters continued to battle a large fire at a hazardous materials warehouse in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday, hours after it broke out shortly after midnight. No injuries or deaths had been reported as of Tuesday morning. The fire began around midnight at a one-story warehouse in Cheongbuk-eup that was believed to contain about 1.91 million liters of flammable materials. Fire officials raised the emergency response to Level 2 and issued a national firefighting mobilization order