DAEJEON: Ten people have been killed and four others are still reported missing in a large fire at a car parts plant in South Korea's Daejeon, authorities said Saturday. Another 59 people suffered serious or slight injuries.
Firefighters have been searching for the four people who were unaccounted for when the blaze started.
One of the bodies was found on the second floor of the factory and nine others were found on the third floor, according to authorities.
A total of 170 workers were inside the plant when the fire was reported at around 1:17 p.m. on Friday. The fire prompted the National Fire Agency to issue a national firefighting mobilisation order, which is given when the scale of the fire is deemed to surpass the firefighting capacity of the local government.