A Hanwha Aerospace Daejeon facility is seen burned down due to a fire on June 1. [YONHAP]

An explosion and fire at a Hanwha Aerospace factory in Daejeon on Monday morning left five dead, while a fire in a gas room at an SK hynix plant in nearby North Chungcheong prompted the evacuation of 3,600 employees on the same day.

Politicians halted their election campaigns to join hands in mourning.

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One employee was severely injured while another was less severely hurt in the explosion at the Hanwha Aerospace facility in Daejeon, according to officials. Two of the deceased were contract workers in their 20s.