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Emergency personnel at the site of a deadly battery factory fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. /Reuters
The Chinese Embassy in South Korea confirmed on Monday that several Chinese nationals were among those killed in the fire at a South Korean lithium battery plant.
The exact number of people is yet to be determined, the Chinese Embassy said in a statement.
The embassy immediately dispatched consular officials to the site and visited the injured, the statement said, adding it had urged the South Korean side to make every effort to treat the wounded and assist the families of the deceased in handling the aftermath.
The fire broke out at a primary battery plant in Hwaseong, around 45 kilometers south of the capital, Seoul, at about 10:31 a.m. local time (0131 GMT).
Fire authorities said 22 people were killed and eight others were injured in the fire.
A firefighter inspects the site of a deadly fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. /Reuters
Firefighters struggled to extinguish the fire because of the difficulty in putting out the flame of lithium batteries.
Some 35,000 lithium batteries were said to have been stored on the second floor of the three-story reinforced concrete factory, which has a total floor area of 2,300 square meters.
It is believed that the fire victims were unable to escape via the stairs to the ground.
(With input from Xinhua)