Emergency vehicles are parked next to the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024.
At least twenty-two people died after lithium battery combustion ignited a massive fire in a South Korean factory, local officials said, according to NBC News.
The blaze erupted at the Aricell battery factory in Hwaseong, a city south of Seoul, around 10:31 a.m. local time, officials said.
The plant housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, NBC said.
The factory was a reinforced concrete three-story building that sprawled over roughly 2,300 square meters and housed an estimated 35,000 batteries, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Persons:
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Locations:
South Korean, Hwaseong, Seoul, South