YEOUSU, South Jeolla Province -- One worker died and four others were injured in a fire at a thermal power plant in Yeosu on South Korea's southwestern coast on Thursday, the police and fire department said.
The fire started at a coal silo at the plant inside the city's industrial complex, which is run by Korea South-East Power Co., around 11:16 a.m. when the workers were changing a filter for a dust-gathering device.