3 foreigner workers injured in textile factory fire

/ Yonhap

By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo

Three foreign workers were injured in a textile factory fire in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, according to firefighters Sunday.

The three -- two from Thailand and one from India -- had non-life-threatening burns, according to police and fire authorities.

The blaze was reported about 12:30 a.m. Fifty firefighters and 26 fire engines were dispatched. The fire was extinguished after an hour, leaving 230 million won ($204,000) damage.

An overheated dust collector is said to be the cause, but police have launched an investigation to verify this.