Explosion Kills Five at South Korean Hanwha Aerospace Factory
An explosion and subsequent fire at a Hanwha Aerospace factory in Daejeon, South Korea, resulted in five fatalities and two injuries. The victims have not yet been identified due to severe damage.
Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, authorities said on Monday. The two survivors, including one who was badly burned, had escaped from the facility themselves, a fire official told a briefing. “Authorities have yet to identify the victims because their bodies were severely damaged,” a health official told the same briefing. A fire official said that an explosion had triggered the blaze,...