Sunless smoke rises from an auto ingredients plant in Daejeon, South Korea, on March 20, 2026.
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A fireplace at a South Korea car ingredients plant killed 10 folk, authorities instructed AFP on Saturday (March 21, 2026), with rescuers peaceable seeking to search out four missing.
One more 59 folk suffered accidents, with 25 in a main condition, an legit stated, within the blaze that broke out about 1:00 pm (0400 GMT) within the central city of Daejeon.
“As of 5 am this morning, we understand that 10 are dead, 25 are seriously injured, and four are still missing,” an legit from the Interior Ministry’s department that handles fires and diversified failures instructed AFP.
“We also understand that 34 have been injured but not in a serious condition,” he added.
A total of 170 workers had been within the plant when the fireplace began, in conserving with South Korea’s Yonhap knowledge company.
One in every of the our bodies used to be discovered on the 2d floor, and the others on the third floor, it stated.
Officials bask in not stated how the fireplace began.
Firefighters would possibly perhaps presumably well well not correct now enter the factory as a result of possibility of give procedure, Yonhap stated. The building also contained 200 kilograms of sodium, which is able to blow up if improperly handled.
President Lee Jae Myung instructed officials to mobilise all obtainable resources — including personnel and equipment — for rescue operations, his region of job stated.
Printed – March 21, 2026 04:44 am IST
