SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A fire broke out on a Hyundai Motor Co. electric bus, the latest in a series of accidents involving the company’s electric vehicles, but no one was hurt, authorities and company officials said Tuesday. The accident happened on Monday when the battery mounted on the bus roof caught fire [...]
CHUNCHEON, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Fire Headquarters said Monday it will launch a trial project of a smart LED fire alarm system for the first time in the country. The smart LED fire alarm system will be installed primarily in dense housing areas that are vulnerable to fire. LED fire alarm system [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s planned global recall of 77,000 Kona Electric vehicles may be a drag on the company’s electrification plan, analysts said Monday. Hyundai Motor plans to voluntarily recall 77,000 Kona Electric models for a faulty battery cell component, as 14 cases of fires in the model — 10 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Two young brothers in Incheon who suffered severe burn injuries earlier this week were found to be abuse victims, in a tragedy that was compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. The boys, 8 and 10, were engulfed in flames on Monday while cooking instant noodles for lunch. Their mother was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With the increasing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs), South Koreans are becoming more concerned with the risk of fire. EV batteries, similarly to energy storage system (ESS) that shocked the country last year due to a series of fire accidents, are lithium-ion batteries. When a non-EV with an internal [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An expert panel said Thursday malfunctions in batteries are mainly to blame for a recent series of fires in energy storage systems (ESS). An investigation panel of experts concluded after a four-month probe that faulty batteries rising to abnormally high temperatures were mostly responsible for the five fires that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is warning residents to keep pets away from electric stovetops as the number of fires caused by pets are increasing in number. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters reported that the number of fire accidents in Seoul caused by pets increased from eight cases [...]
JANGSEONG, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Animals from “Jungle Zoo Love Banana,” a plant and animal experience center in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province, have found new homes. Animals saved from a fire last Sunday are recovering in a greenhouse at the county’s agricultural technology center, according to local officials. Opened in April of last [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent series of incidents in which pets left alone at home have started fires after pressing buttons on home appliances used for cooking. A fire broke out in a studio apartment in Gwangju on Sunday at 11:07 a.m., according to Gwangju Nambu Fire Station. There were no casualties, [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric shocks are mainly to blame for a series of fires in energy storage systems (ESS), an expert panel said Tuesday, prompting the government to strengthen safety measures of major components of ESS products. The panel said that DC contactors can explode when a battery system is hit by [...]