and molten iron gushing from the bottom of the newly punctured blast furnace into the torpedo-shaped rail cars a story below us. My safety glasses slip down the bridge of my nose in the heat.

A fire broke out at Hyundai Steel's No. 1 blast furnace plant in Dangjin ... was already suppressing the fire and although the torpedo car was damaged, there were no casualties." ...

Two of the men who have been involved in relighting the blast furnace at ... the night shift when the furnace was blown out. "I thought that was it. I sat in the car park and cried," he said.