Blaze at South Korea lithium battery plant kills 22 workers
Two years ago South Korea brought in legislation to punish the executives of a company in the event of a fatal accident with possible jail terms after the country saw dozens of workers killed in industrial accidents each year
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HWASEONG, South Korea - 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.
The fire and a series of explosions ripped through the factory run by primary battery manufacturer Aricell in Hwaseong, an industrial cluster southwest of the capital Seoul. ---More...
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A huge lithium battery recycling factory explosion has killed 22 people and is now choking citizens with plumes of toxic chemical smoke….
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