22 dead, 8 injured in South Korea's battery plant fire

22 dead, 8 injured in South Korea's battery plant fire

Twenty-two people were confirmed dead and eight others injured in South Korea's battery plant fire on Monday, according to the fire authorities.

The Chinese Embassy in South Korea confirmed that 18 Chinese citizens were among those killed in the fire.

The fire broke out at a primary battery plant in Hwaseong, around 45 km south of the capital Seoul, at about 10:31 local time (0131 GMT).

Kim Jin-young, a local fire station officer, said in a televised briefing that rescue workers retrieved the bodies of the 21 missing factory workers who had failed to escape through stairs after the fire outbreak.

Video by China Central Television (CCTV)

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