Late Sunday night, a fire broke out at Samsung‘s chip plant in Hwaseong, South of Seoul. According to the fire authorities, the fire at the facility was completely exhausted by early Monday morning.
Now, the company has said that the fire at its semiconductor plant in South Korea will not affect its chip production. Samsung said that fire started at 11:18 pm on Sunday and was put out in two and a half hours.
Fortunately, the company has confirmed that there were no casualties, along with announcing that the production at the plant has not been affected.
As per Samsung, the fire broke out at a wastewater processing facility within the plant that is automated and away from production lines. It has said that the company will fully cooperate with fire authorities to examine the exact cause of the accident.
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The accident happened at a time when Samsung is concerned because of the coronavirus outbreak. After another case of coronavirus was detected at its factory, the company decided to temporarily shift its production to Vietnam.
So far, a total of five Samsung employees have been confirmed to have contracted the virus. Last week, the company tightened coronavirus screening procedures for its chip plants in South Korea. It now requires employees to weekly answer self-examination questions regarding the outbreak.
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