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 [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s energy storage system (ESS) producers have been hit hard by a delay in determining the cause of a series of ESS fires, industry sources said Thursday. A civilian-government committee has been carrying out an investigation into a series of fires that broke out in ESS equipment from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Taihan Electric Wire Co., a South Korean electric wire manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it will launch an “RF Light Line” that secures escape routes for firefighters and provides a stable communication environment. Taihan’s Light Line is a type of light-emitting cable that is mandatory fire-fighting equipment and can [...]