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A fire at a lithium-ion battery factory has killed 22 people.
According to one witness who escaped, explosive combustion in one battery cell caused a rapidly spreading fire as other cells exploded continuously at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, reports Yonhap (English, Korean), along with Arirang.
18 of the people killed were from China. Reuters reports a fire official said most were temporary hires and likely unfamiliar with the structure of the building.
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