Battery storage fire at a solar plant in Yeongcheon, South Korea
Mar 2021Published 7 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- solar power plant with battery storage in Samgwi-ri, Gogyeong-myeon, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
- What
- fire of unknown cause on 11 March 2021
- Response
- fire service extinguished it after about three hours
- Manufacturer
- LG Energy Solution
- Cause
- unknown
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Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): LG Energy Solution
What happened
On the afternoon of 11 March 2021, a fire of unknown cause was reported at a solar power plant with battery storage in Samgwi-ri, Gogyeong-myeon, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The fire service is reported to have extinguished it after about three hours. A failure database lists the system as an indoor solar-integration installation using NMC cells supplied by LG Energy Solution. Injuries, the extent of damage and the cause were not reported in the sources reviewed.
Contributing factors
The cause was not reported. No contributing factor has been established from the available sources.
Lessons learned
- Indoor battery rooms at solar sites need a clear alarm path and fire-service access plan, because a fire can take hours to extinguish.
- Operators should keep chemistry, supplier and layout records ready so an investigation can start without delay.
- Until a cause is known, similar sites should review detection, shutdown and suppression rather than assume one failure mode.
More lessons on detection and monitoring, spacing, layout and fire spread, from every incident on the register.
Not yet known
- Cause of the fire
- Extent of damage
- Downtime or cost
- Operator of the site
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Source
Published 2026-09-07. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
