Some bad news from the Samsung camp: a factory fire could delay the production -- and the release -- of the much-anticipated Galaxy S5!

According to Digital Trends, the fire occured at Samsung's South Korea plant. The plant specialized in the manufacture of the PCB's -- printed circuit boards -- which connects all of the electronic components of the phone. The fire, which happened at 7AM South Korea time on Sunday, took 264 firefighters, 81 vehicles, and 8 hours to contain the fire. It also caused close to $1 billion in building and component damage.

But according to PC World, this fire -- despite its damaging effects -- won't cause any major production delays, or affect the release of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in any way. That's because, according to the site, the South Korea factory isn't the only factory of its kind that manufactures the damaged PCB's. "We will do our utmost to help stabilize DAP Corporation's operations," Samsung said in a statement. "In the meantime, we do not expect any production delays of the Galaxy S5, as we rely on multiple contractors."

Even though we shouldn't expect any major production or release delays as a result of the fire, we CAN expect a ban -- at least a temporary one -- on some carriers releasing the phone. On Friday, the Korean telecom minister instituted a 45-day ban on three local carriers -- SK Telecom Co. Ltd., KT Corp., and LG UPlus Corp. -- from selling the phone, or recruiting new customers. This ban came as a result of these carriers attempting to (illegally) subsidizing the handsets.

For those of us in the United States, we can anticipate a full Galaxy S5 rollout sometime in April. To attract new customers, Samsung is offering a series of promotions, including in-app purchases, downloads, and premium subscriptions, totalling almost $600 in incentives.