There just are no words to describe what happens when these lithium-ion battery thingees of damn near any size get froggy and go fiery.
Yeah, it’s spectacular but I sure as hell don’t want to be anywhere near them.
The latest horrible mishap was this morning in Korea, at a Li-ion battery factory in an industrial center southwest of Seoul.
Multiple powerful explosions set a lithium battery factory on fire in South Korea on Monday, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, as it burned out of control for nearly six hours, fire officials said.
The blaze ripped through a factory run by primary battery manufacturer Aricell in Hwaseong, an industrial cluster southwest of the capital Seoul. It was eventually largely extinguished.
Eighteen Chinese workers and one Laotian were among the dead. The nationality of the remaining deceased worker was not yet confirmed, fire official Kim…
