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Fire at South Korean lithium battery plant kills 22

Most of dead reported to hail from China as cause of explosion that sparked blaze remains unclear

A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea has killed at least 22 people, including 19 foreign nationals, local officials have said.

The blaze broke out on Monday morning after a number of battery cells exploded at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong, an industrial city about 45km south of Seoul.

The blast occurred as workers were packing batteries at a two-story warehouse containing about 35,000 units, local fire official Kim Jin-young told a televised briefing. The cause of the explosion remained unclear, he added.

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