SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent electric vehicle fire incidents involving Mercedes-Benz and Kia models could not have come at a worse time for the local automotive industry, which has been eagerly preparing to introduce ambitious new electric models to tackle the so-called EV adoption chasm. While waiting for the official investigation results, [...]
HONGSEONG, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from the Chungnam Fire Department in South Korea reveals a concerning trend: fires involving personal mobility devices, particularly electric scooters, are spiking during the summer months. According to data released on August 6, out of 25 fires involving personal mobility devices recorded since 2019, nine incidents (36%) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An electric Mercedes-Benz sedan had been parked in an underground apartment garage for nearly three days before exploding on its own and catching fire, police officials said Monday. The mysterious fire gutted the parking lot on the first basement level of an apartment building in Incheon, west of Seoul, [...]
HWASEONG, South Korea, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire broke out at an ink manufacturing factory south of Seoul on Friday, but no casualties were reported, officials said. The blaze occurred at 7:15 a.m. at the factory in Hwaseong, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, before firefighters brought the flames under control about an hour [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol called Tuesday for scientific safety measures to address rising concerns over hard-to-extinguish fires after a lithium battery plant went up in flames last week and killed nearly two dozen workers. Yoon made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting after the fire at the Aricell lithium [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire broke out at a large marine products market in the central county of Seocheon and burned down 227 shops, but there were no human casualties, officials said Tuesday. The blaze erupted at 11:08 p.m. on Monday and firefighters put the major flames under control about two hours [...]
CHEONAN/UIJEONGBU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bizarre incident that unfolded on the morning November 30, a 17-year-old high school sophomore residing in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, found himself at the center of attention when his iPhone 13 unexpectedly swelled up, emitting smoke. The incident, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media, amassing [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a number of highly-publicized electric vehicle (EV) fires, the actual number of incidents involving fires and explosions in EVs is actually lower than that among non-EVs, data showed Thursday. According to a data analysis conducted by the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), the number of accidents caused by [...]
CHONAN, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology said Thursday its research team had developed a fire-extinguishing grenade using gas hydrate to help put out fires at hard-to-access sites in a fast and accurate manner. Gas hydrate is an ice-shaped material that contains gas molecules such as methane within water molecules. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it has developed new technology that prevents fires caused by electric arcs and signed an agreement with the Korea Electronics Technology Institute on Wednesday to jointly verify and standardize the technology. Arcs can be caused by partial severance of an electric cable, a loose [...]