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Fire at lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 9, leaving 15 others missing
![Hong Ki-Won Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a3c5dd87958c46c4bac451bf99640d9c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)
![Uncredited A firefighter searches for missing people inside a lithium battery manufacturing factory following a fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis/ via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5b64b3cfb3b7470585ec78f49e56e930/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A firefighter searches for missing people inside a lithium battery manufacturing factory following a fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis/ via AP)
![Uncredited Firefighters carry a body at the site of a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/971917a99729487c8c2d3bd5d51b5dea/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Firefighters carry a body at the site of a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis via AP)
![Uncredited Firefighters carry a body at the site of a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/75ea6e99f28349f59cd1a2cd4911de72/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Firefighters carry a body at the site of a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Newsis via AP)
![Hong Ki-Won Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/65e423f9385a437285ee61cef020fecd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)
![Hong Ki-Won Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday. June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/85ac5ed2c9ca40809853f1d3ead42c3d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Firefighters work at the site of a burnt lithium battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday. June 24, 2024. (Hong Ki-wonj/Yonhap via AP)