Five dead, two injured after blast at Hanwha Aerospace plant in South Korea
Authorities said the blast at a rocket propellant production line left one survivor in critical condition and prompted a full investigation.
- An explosion at a Hanwha Aerospace factory in Daejeon, South Korea, killed five people and injured two others on Monday, authorities confirmed.
- The Daejeon facility produces large propulsion engines and handles rocket propellants, with previous rocket propellant-related explosions in 2018 and 2019 that resulted in multiple casualties.
- Firefighters deployed 44 pieces of equipment and about 100 personnel to the site, bringing the main fire under control by 11:49am; two survivors escaped, though authorities have not yet identified the five victims.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough investigation and instructed officials to "mobilise all available resources" for rescue operations, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.
- Police and fire authorities suspect a propellant explosion triggered the blaze, though the exact cause remains under investigation; Hanwha Aerospace has launched its own internal probe.
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The explosion, the cause of which is currently unknown, occurred on the ground floor of one of the complex's buildings before noon local time. According to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, emergency services received over 30 reports of a powerful boom and thick smoke at the same time. After 50 minutes, the fire department managed to extinguish the fire. "Mobilize all available resources to save lives and contain the consequences of the accid…
At least five people were killed and two injured when an explosion occurred at a major facility of South Korean arms manufacturer Hanwha Aerospace.
In South Korea, five people have died in an explosion and fire at a rocket factory. Two people were injured, at least one of whom is in critical condition. The incident occurred at a factory belonging to arms manufacturer Hanwha Aerospace in Daejeon, in the center of the country. An explosion, for reasons yet unknown, occurred during the cleaning of equipment used to produce rocket fuel. The two survivors were able to escape the building on thei…
The victims have not yet been identified, but according to the defense giant, the dead and injured were factory workers.
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