The Chinese Embassy in South Korea is working closely with South Korean authorities to do our utmost in handling the aftermath of the accident. I hope that the relevant South Korean companies will learn from this painful lesson and take effective measures to prevent similar accidents in the future and ensure the safety and health of Chinese citizens in South Korea,
We express our deep condolences over the lives lost in the accident and sincere sympathies to the injured and the bereaved families,
I ask the ministries of labour and industry and the National Fire Agency to conduct an urgent safety inspection and, where there is concern of an accident, take immediate measures,
These ethnic Koreans from China are a byproduct of Korea’s painful history,
Most of the bodies are badly burned so it will take some time to identify each one,
There is a lot of smoke due to factory fires. Please pay attention to safety, such as refraining from going out,
White smoke began to rise from a battery part, and it took only about 15 seconds to cover the entire space due to the sudden ignition,
It is presumed that the victims inhaled toxic fumes in a short time which would have suffocated them quickly, and made them lose consciousness,
Due to fears of additional explosions, it was difficult to enter,
Factory fire. Please detour to surrounding roads and nearby citizens please close windows,
As it is a lithium battery manufacturer, we determined that spraying water will not extinguish the fire, so we are currently using dry sand
Currently, the fire is so strong that rescuers and extinguishers cannot go in to extinguish the fire and conduct search and rescue operations
We are still unable to go inside and carry out rescue operation. We will carry it out once we get the fire under control,
Twenty-one workers are unaccounted for now. We are planning to track their whereabouts with their contacts provided from the company,
Battery materials such as nickel are easily flammable,
The fact that there were so many casualties when this was on only the second floor is because of the toxic materials and not so much because of burns,