SOUTH KOREA: ONE DEAD AND 21 MISSING IN LITHIUM BATTERY FACTORY FIRE
A fire at a lithium battery factory left one dead and 21 missing on Monday in South Korea. The cause of the tragedy remains unknown.
This Monday, June 24, a fire broke out at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong, South Korea. The report shows one dead and twenty-one people missing, according to firefighters on site, reports AFP.
Another person suffered serious burns. For the moment, the cause of the fire remains unknown and the fire has still not been controlled “because lithium batteries are difficult to handle by conventional fire extinguishing methods,” reports Yonhap agency. .
“We are still unable to go inside and carry out rescue operations. We will do it as soon as we have brought the fire under control (…) twenty-one workers are currently missing. We plan to trace them using the contacts provided by the company.a member of the fire team at the scene, Kim Jin-young, told reporters.
Images broadcast by the Yonhap agency showed plumes of gray smoke rising above the factory building ravaged by flames.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked local authorities to “mobilize all available personnel and equipment to focus on searching and rescuing people,” his office said.
President Yoon also warned authorities that they must “ensure the safety of firefighters given the rapid spread of the fire.”
This is not the first time that a major fire has broken out at a lithium battery factory. Last February, a factory in Aveyron caught fire.
JForum.fr with CNEWS
The fire remains uncontrolled ‘because lithium batteries are difficult to handle using conventional fire extinguishing methods’ [REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji]
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