South korean energy storage fire and explosion

What happened at a battery factory in South Korea?

Before joining Reuters, he worked at The Korea Herald. A lithium battery factory in South Korea was set on fire after multiple batteries exploded on Monday, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, fire officials said.

Did exploding lithium batteries cause a fire in South Korea?

(Newsis/ via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said.

What caused a battery fire in Seoul?

The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them on the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, at around 10:30 a.m., fire officials said, citing a witness. They said they would investigate the cause of the blaze.

Why are batteries exploding in South Korea?

Other fires in South Korea and elsewhere have involved explosions from other causes, including a vulnerability of some batteries to operate at abnormally high temperatures under certain fault conditions (Yonhap News Agency, 2020).

What is the deadliest fire in South Korea?

Monday’s blaze is one of the deadliest in South Korea in recent years. In 2020, a fire at a warehouse being built in Icheon City, south of Seoul, killed 38 construction workers. In 2018, 46 people died after a fire ripped through a small hospital with no sprinkler systems in the southern city of Miryang.

Is South Korea a man-made disaster?

Though South Korea is known for its cutting-edge technology and manufacturing, the country has long been plagued by man-made disasters, including fires. In 2018, nearly 50 people, most of them elderly patients, died inhaling toxic smoke in a fire at a hospital that lacked sprinklers.