Evacuation ordered as firefighting continues at Coupang logistics center
The city said the evacuation order, effective from 11 p.m., covers areas within a 116-meter radius of the logistics center's loading ramp.
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The city said the evacuation order, effective from 11 p.m., covers areas within a 116-meter radius of the logistics center's loading ramp. The fire prompted the evacuation of 121 people inside the facility, including logistics workers. Smoke rises from a logistics center operated by retail giant Coupang in Incheon, west of Seoul, on July 19, 2026, after a fire broke out the previous day. (Yonhap) A total of 228 vehicles and 721 firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the scene, while helicopters and ladder trucks sprayed water from the air and ground, but they have so far been unable to bring the blaze under control.
Furthermore, Firefighters battle a blaze at a Coupang logistics center in Seohae District, Incheon, on Sunday, as the fire continues for a second day. (Yonhap) The Incheon city government ordered the evacuation of nearby residents Sunday over concerns that a fire-damaged Coupang Corp. logistics center could collapse as firefighters battled for a second straight night to contain a massive blaze that remained uncontained nearly 40 hours after it broke out. In 2021, a firefighter who went missing while battling the blaze at a Coupang distribution center in Icheon, about 50 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was found dead about 48 hours later. The fire broke out on the sixth floor of the facility at 6:54 a.m. Saturday and remained uncontained as of 8 p.m. Sunday, fire authorities said.
In addition, Coupang issued a public apology for the fire and pledged full cooperation with authorities in the investigation. "We sincerely apologize to the residents of Incheon and the people of Korea for causing concern," Coupang said in a statement. The 2021 blaze required three days to bring under initial control and six days for complete suppression.
Moreover, The size of the Incheon facility — more than twice the floor area of Coupang’s Deokpyeong logistics center in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, which burned in 2021 — has raised expectations that the current fire will take considerable time to fully extinguish.
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The city said the evacuation order, effective from 11 p.m., covers areas within a 116-meter radius of the logistics center's loading ramp.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe fire prompted the evacuation of 121 people inside the facility, including logistics workers.
reliability low1/2 sourcesSmoke rises from a logistics center operated by retail giant Coupang in Incheon, west of Seoul, on July 19, 2026, after a fire broke out the previous day. (Yonhap) A total of 228 vehicles and 721 firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the scene, while helicopters and ladder trucks sprayed water from the air and ground, but they have so far been unable to bring the blaze under control.
reliability low1/2 sourcesFirefighters battle a blaze at a Coupang logistics center in Seohae District, Incheon, on Sunday, as the fire continues for a second day. (Yonhap) The Incheon city government ordered the evacuation of nearby residents Sunday over concerns that a fire-damaged Coupang Corp. logistics center could collapse as firefighters battled for a second straight night to contain a massive blaze that remained uncontained nearly 40 hours after it broke out.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn 2021, a firefighter who went missing while battling the blaze at a Coupang distribution center in Icheon, about 50 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was found dead about 48 hours later.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe fire broke out on the sixth floor of the facility at 6:54 a.m. Saturday and remained uncontained as of 8 p.m. Sunday, fire authorities said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesCoupang issued a public apology for the fire and pledged full cooperation with authorities in the investigation.
reliability low1/2 sources"We sincerely apologize to the residents of Incheon and the people of Korea for causing concern," Coupang said in a statement.
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The 2021 blaze required three days to bring under initial control and six days for complete suppression.
according to The Korea HeraldThe size of the Incheon facility — more than twice the floor area of Coupang’s Deokpyeong logistics center in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, which burned in 2021 — has raised expectations that the current fire will take considerable time to fully extinguish.
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