Fire at Daejeon auto-parts plant kills 10, 4 still missing as search continues
Ten bodies have been recovered and four workers remain missing after a blaze tore through auto-parts maker Anjeon Industrial’s factory in Daejeon, fire authorities said.
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Ten bodies have been recovered and four workers remain missing after a blaze tore through auto-parts maker Anjeon Industrial’s factory in Daejeon, fire authorities said.
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Firefighters try to put out the fire at a car parts plant in South Korea as heavy black smoke billows out from the window. The fire in the central city of Daejeon has seriously injured at least 21 people and left 14 others missing, authorities said.
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