A fire at a lithium battery factory near South Korea’s capital has left at least 22 people dead, eight others injured and several missing, officials said. Rescue workers at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, retrieved the bodies after combing through the site, local fire official Kim Jin-young told a televised briefing. […]
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18 Chinese among 22 dead in South Korea battery plant fire
Twenty-two people were killed — including 18 Chinese nationals — in a massive fire at a South Korean lithium battery factory, the fire department said Monday, one of the country’s worst factory disasters in years. Over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, where […]
16 dead following fire at South Korean battery factory
A fire at a lithium battery factory near South Korea’s capital has left at least 16 people dead, seven others injured and six missing, officials said. Rescue workers at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, retrieved the bodies after combing through the site, local fire official Kim Jin-young told a televised briefing. […]
15 missing following deadly fire at South Korean battery factory
At least nine people have died and 15 others are missing after a fire at a lithium battery factory near South Korea’s capital, officials said. The fire at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, was initially found to have killed one person and injured four others, two of them critically. Rescue workers […]
20 dead after fire at battery factory near South Korean capital – reports
Twenty people have died after a fire at a lithium battery factory near South Korea’s capital, according to reports. The Yonhap news agency said 20 bodies had been found at the facility in Hwaseong, just south of Seoul. Earlier, local fire official Kim Jin-young said rescue efforts were under way at the factory. Twenty bodies […]
Fire at lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 1, leaves more than 20 missing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday left one person dead, three injured and more than 20 others missing, officials said. Local fire official Kim Jin-young said rescue efforts were underway at the factory at Hwaseong, just south of Seoul. Kim told a […]