Firefighters carry a body at the site of a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea on June 24, 2024. - Newsis via AP
SEOUL: Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze on Monday (June 24), the Yonhap news agency said, with firefighters saying they were still searching the building.
Over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, where lithium-ion batteries are inspected and packaged, firefighter Kim Jin-young told media.
