Deadly battery factory fire investigated by South Korean authorities

(25 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hwaseong, South Korea - 25 June 2024
1. Various of police and firefighters inspecting the site of battery factory fire
2. Wide of police official Oh Suk-bong
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Oh Suk-bong, police official:
"Regarding the fire that took place at the battery factory, 40 officials from nine related departments, including the police and labor department, will conduct a joint inspection to find out the cause of the fire."
4. Various of news conference, exteriors of factory
STORYLINE:
South Korean officials were investigating on Tuesday the possible cause of a deadly fire likely triggered by exploding lithium batteries that killed at least 22 people near the capital.
More than 100 people were working at the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, when the fire tore through it Monday morning.
A local police official in charge of the investigation, Oh Suk-bong, said 40 officials from nine departments would take part in the probe.
AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang
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