Officials say that a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea's capital has killed one person. Three are injured and more than 20 others are missing. Local fire official Kim Jin-young says rescue efforts were underway at the factory at Hwaseong, just south of Seoul, on Monday.
Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea , Monday, June 24, 2024. Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea , Monday, June 24, 2024. Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea , Monday, June 24, 2024.
Local fire official Kim Jin-young said rescue efforts were underway at the factory at Hwaseong, just south of Seoul. Kim told a televised briefing that 23 people were reported missing but their identification is difficult because a register of the staff was believed to have burned. He said the missing people included foreign nationals including Chinese.
He said the mobile phone signals of the missing people were tracked to be coming from the second floor of the factory.
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