Lithium battery factory fire in South Korea kills 22, mostly Chinese

SEOUL, South Korea: A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea's capital on June 24 claimed the lives of 22 workers, most of whom were Chinese migrants, and injured eight others.

The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them on the factory's second floor. The cause of the blaze is under