SEOUL, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and two others were injured on Monday in an explosion at an aerospace plant in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.
An emergency call was received at 10:59 a.m. local time (0159 GMT), reporting the blast at the Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon, about 150 km south of the capital Seoul.
The police confirmed four deaths and two injuries in the accident at the plant of Hanwha Aerospace, the country's leading aerospace and defense company.
The fire authorities issued a level-1 response at around 11:17 a.m. local time, working to extinguish the fire.
The police and the fire authorities believed that the explosion occurred on the first floor of the plant for unidentified reasons, planning to investigate the exact cause of the accident. ■
