At around 9:52 PM on the 4th, a fire breaks out with an explosion in a laboratory of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, injuring 1 person seriously./Courtesy of News1

A fire broke out in a laboratory at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), injuring five people.

On 4th at around 9:52 p.m., an explosion occurred in the laboratory on the 5th floor of the biology and chemical engineering building at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Yuseong District, Daejeon, and the fire was extinguished after 33 minutes. A person surnamed A (in their 20s) was taken to the hospital with lacerations and burns to the face, back, and left hand.

Four other individuals present in the laboratory also inhaled smoke but were not reported to have been transported to the hospital.

Police and fire authorities are investigating the exact circumstances based on witness statements that "the explosion suddenly occurred while using acetone for an experiment."

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