A fire broke out at a car parts plant in the central city of Daejeon on Friday, injuring at least 53 people, with 14 others unaccounted for, authorities said.
The fire was reported at around 1:17 p.m., prompting the National Fire Agency to issue a national firefighting mobilization order, which is given when the scale of the fire is deemed to surpass the firefighting capacity of the local government.
A total of 170 workers were inside the plant when the blaze started, and 14 of them have been unreachable, officials said.
Of the injured, including 24 with serious injuries, many had inhaled toxic gas or fallen from the building, they said.
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