At least 22 people have been confirmed dead while eight others were injured, local authorities say.
  • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    544·
    5 months ago

    They should switch their production line from exploding lithium ion batteries to regular lithium ion batteries.

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    246·
    5 months ago

    In other news. A factory fire in Hull, England received nothing more than local news coverage this week. Their product? Hand sanitizer. Turns out that 99% alcohol is really flamible.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/fire-breaks-out-at-hull-factory-and-spreads-to-area-holding-1000-litres-of-hand-sanitiser/ar-BB1oyRi8

    I wonder why there’s such a huge disparity in news coverage between these two stories. I guess it’s because the building was evacuated successfully, right?

    • neo@lemy.lolEnglish
      19·
      5 months ago

      I think you’re correct. In South Korea at least 22 people died. The article you linked doesn’t mention any casualties (or I didn’t notice them).

    • hannes3120@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      I think when if it would have been evacuated in time there would still be news coverage

      People just love reading and therefore clicking stories that tell them that electric cars are bad and they should just continue buying gas powered vehicles instead of considering a change

      Same as with that tanker that burned out on the coast of the Netherlands with some EVs on board

      A lot of stories where covering it in a way that implied the fire was because of those EVs when in the end the level where they were stored was among the very few that was still intact - but that didn’t make the news…

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    So, maybe this is hindsight, but why were battery inspections and storage in the same location? If the batteries failed inspection (which I’m guessing the exploding ones would have, or at least do now) they should be kept separately from known good batteries right?