Posted on 06/25/2024 2:23:25 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
Blaze at South Korea lithium battery plant kills 22 workers By Daewoung Kim, Hongji Kim and Hyunsu Yim
June 24, 2024 Victims likely succumbed within seconds Most of the victims foreign workers Fatal industrial accidents persist despite new law
HWASEONG, South Korea, June 24 (Reuters) - 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.
The victims likely succumbed to extremely toxic gas within seconds of the blaze getting out of control, the officials said. It was unclear what caused the explosions and the fire was largely extinguished in about six hours.
Eighteen Chinese workers, two South Koreans and one Laotian were among the dead. The nationality of the other deceased worker was yet to be confirmed, Kim Jin-young, an official at the Hwaseong fire service, told reporters, citing information from company officials.
The blaze was first reported at 10:31 a.m. (0131 GMT) after a series of battery cells exploded inside a warehouse of 35,000 batteries, Kim said.
A Reuters journalist saw firefighters moving up to six bodies out of the factory. Due to the intensity of the blaze, rescuers were finding it difficult to identify the dead, Kim said.
Two people were being treated for major burns, officials at the scene said.
Live TV footage showed firefighters spraying the damaged steel and concrete building. Parts of the upper level had collapsed, and large chunks of the building looked like they had been blown out into the street by explosions.
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Lithium battery plant fire claims 18 foreign workers, 5 Koreans
Aricell manufactures non-rechargeable lithium-thionyl chloride batteries. A 1986 Jet Propulsion Laboratory study titled Safety Considerations of Lithium-Thionyl Chloride Cells noted that "safety hazards have ranged from mild venting of toxic materials to violent explosions and fires."
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I don't think I had ever heard of using lithium in no regarable batteries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZViPPSH-LuA
“I don’t think I had ever heard of using lithium in no regarable batteries. “
Button batteries. Key fobs, garage door and gate remotes, PC motherboards, etc.
“They gave their lives fighting “global warming”, and saving the bugs.”
your ignorance has been noted.
Your cluelessness has been also.
“Your cluelessness has been also.”
Pray tell. I bet you use some of those button batteries?
The batteries shown look more like standard D and C cell batteries.
Also found this.
If some can convert the images, it would be appreciated.
How would South Korea know if the Chinese factory workers sabotaged the plant?
“Your cluelessness has been also.”
Your clueless trolling has been noted.
I know a lot of people hate OSHA but this one reason why they exist and probably have saved thousands of lives over the years.
You always show up on these threads. When I’m down your way, you can fill me in on all of it. It’ll be interesting hearing a true believer. Eyes look a bit crazed?
“You always show up on these threads. “
To keep the facts straight.
“You always show up on these threads. “
From your post I bet you think these are EV batteries! But to set you straight these are NON-rechargeble batters of which you probably have several.
No, they are not EV batteries. Never thought that. Whenever lithium comes up though, there you are.
Now imagine school busses run on lithium batteries.
Now imagine school busses run on lithium batteries.
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