Failure Event - South Korea, Hwaseong - 24 Jun 2024
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Overview
Event Details
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| Location: | South Korea, Hwaseong |
| Setting: | Manufacturing |
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| Operator / Integrator: | Aricell |
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| Event Date: | 24 June 2024 |
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| Extent of Damage: | 22 deaths and 8 injured among factory workers. Destruction of factory. |
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| Description: | A single battery cell in the factory caught fire and spread to the 35,000 battery cells stored on the factory's second floor, producing a series of explosions. 22 workers were killed and 8 were injured in the fire. |
| Source: | New York Times |
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- Note: Missing values in this table reflect unknowns.
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