Fire breaks out at Chinese factory that supplied Samsung Note 7 batteries
Materials that caught fire were lithium-ion batteries and some semi-manufactured battery products, Tianjin firefighting authority says
A fire broke out in a Chinese factory that supplied batteries for Samsung’s explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on Wednesday morning.
Samsung SDI Co., a supplier of batteries to the Galaxy Note 7, said a “minor fire” broke out in the plant in suburban Tianjin’s Wuqing district but was quickly put out.
No one was injured in the incident, news portal Sina.com.cn reported.
The reason for the blaze was not immediately clear, the report said, but Tianjin’s firefighting authority said the materials that caught fire were lithium-ion batteries and some semi-manufactured battery products.
A total of 19 fire engines and more than 110 firemen were sent to the scene after the fire was reported at 6am, according to a statement the authority posted on its official Weibo microblog at about 3pm.
