Event
- Event ID
- 1237
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred on the first floor of a research and development institute, injuring five people.The event was located in the fuelellstestng lab. The fire department was dispatched to the scene and extinguished the fire which followed the explosion 10 minutes later.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- South Korea
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Unknown
- How was it involved?
- Unknown
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Laboratory / R&d
- Sub-application
- Fuel cells testing laboratory
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- lab equipment
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Unknown
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 5
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Currency
- Won
- Property loss (onsite)
- 2700000
- Post-event summary
- Five workers suffered minor injuries in the accident. One of them suffered burns and the other four showed symptoms of smoke inhalation and were rushed to the hospital. It was confirmed that there were no serious injuries.
The property damage is estimated to be about 2.7 million won, and hydrogen fuel cell parts for testing and one test equipment were burned. No damage to major structures such as the exterior walls of the building.
Event Nature
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Several local news reported the event:<br />
https://www.h2news.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=13312<br />
https://www.chosun.com/national/regional/2025/03/24/RJE4J4P2D5CNHKOG266… />
https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/view/view.do?ncd=8208817<br />
(accessed January 2025)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
