Fire at Yeonggwang solar and battery storage site in South Korea, no injuries
June 2024Published 11 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Battery storage facility with 100MW solar plant in Baeksu-eup, Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do
- What
- Fire broke out at battery energy storage facility
- Injuries
- None reported
- Response
- 19 fire appliances and one helicopter; fire out after three hours twenty minutes
- Cause
- Under investigation
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What happened
On 13 June 2024, a fire broke out at a battery energy storage facility co-located with a 100MW solar plant in Baeksu-eup, Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The blaze was reported shortly after midday and fire authorities responded with 19 pieces of equipment, including one helicopter. The fire took around three hours and twenty minutes to extinguish. One battery storage building was destroyed. No one was inside the facility at the time and no injuries were reported.
Local authorities issued an emergency safety alert advising nearby residents to evacuate the area and asking drivers to use alternative routes, citing concerns about possible explosion risk during firefighting. The exact cause of the fire and the scale of the financial loss were still under investigation by fire authorities at the time of reporting. The site had been in commercial operation for around three and a half years.
Contributing factors
Not reported in detail. Local reporting on a separate incident at a different, smaller facility in the same county described lithium iron phosphate battery overheating as a suspected cause, but this has not been confirmed for this specific incident.
Lessons learned
- Battery storage fires may need extended response with aerial support, so operators must plan for prolonged isolation and specialist access.
- Co-located sites should have pre-set evacuation and route plans because battery fires create uncertain explosion risks.
- Operators of three-and-a-half-year-old systems should review shared investigation findings to assess similar fire risks.
More lessons on electrical protection and isolation, emergency response and public communication, investigation and fleet-wide checks, from every incident on the register.
Not yet known
- Exact cause of the fire
- Battery model and chemistry
- Scale of financial loss
- Duration of site downtime
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Source
Site page: Yeonggwang solar farm (status, dates and other incidents)
Published 2026-09-11. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
