{"id":700,"date":"2024-06-25T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=700"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:44:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T07:44:07","slug":"16-confirmed-dead-others-missing-after-fire-breaks-out-at-lithium-battery-factory-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"16 confirmed dead, others missing after fire breaks out at lithium battery factory in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near Seoul, South Korea, on Monday left at least 16 people dead, seven injured and six missing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rescue workers at the Hwaseong city factory retrieved the bodies after combing through the site.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A total of 102 people were working at the factory before the fire occurred.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/south-korea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Korea\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0capital on Monday left at least 16 people dead, seven injured and six missing, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Rescue workers at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, retrieved the bodies after combing through the site, local fire official Kim Jin-young told a televised briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Kim earlier said most of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/missing-persons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing people<\/a> were foreign nationals, including Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/south-korea-summons-russian-ambassador-controversial-defense-pact-north-korea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOUTH KOREA SUMMONS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OVER CONTROVERSIAL DEFENSE PACT WITH NORTH KOREA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said the mobile phone signals of the missing people were tracked to the second floor of the factory. Kim said a witness told authorities that the fire began after batteries exploded as workers were examining and packaging them, but the exact cause would be investigated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-702\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/South-Korea-4-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/South-Korea-4-300x169.webp 300w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/South-Korea-4.webp 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, on June 24, 2024.\u00a0(Hong Ki-wonj\/Yonhap via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kim said those found dead likely failed to escape via stairs to the ground. He said officials will investigate whether fire extinguishing systems worked.<\/p>\n<p>Kim said a total of 102 people were working at the factory before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/disasters\/fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the fire<\/a>\u00a0occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near Seoul, South Korea, on Monday left at least 16 people dead, seven injured and six missing. 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