16 killed in a fire at a battery factory in South Korea

According to the international group Tasnim news, local fire officials announced that at least 16 people were killed and 5 others were missing due to a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing plant in South Korea.

According to this report, this incident happened at 10:30 am It happened at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong city, south of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

The local fire department stated that the fire occurred when some batteries in a warehouse with a capacity of about 35,000 batteries exploded. But the main cause of the fire is still unclear and the investigation has been started.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported that the bodies of about 20 people were found inside the factory, but fire officials reported that 16 people were killed and 2 others were in serious condition.

These officials added: Rescue teams are trying to find the 5 missing people in this incident.

One ​​of the witnesses of the incident told Reuters: Firefighters removed many bodies from the factory. brought.  

TV images also show firefighters putting out the fire. and parts of the upper floor of the factory building were destroyed and large pieces of building components were thrown into the street due to the explosion.

This factory was launched in 2020 and produced lithium batteries for sensors and radio communication devices and had 48 workers.

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