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South Korea ESS fires linked predominantly to LG Chem/LG Energy Solution battery cells
S3 · ~Oct 2019 · LG Energy Solution
Record
| Company | LG Energy Solution |
| Industry | Energy storage |
| Type(s) | fire |
| Date | ~Oct 2019 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 17 of 27 national ESS fire incidents |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
Of 27 energy storage system fires in South Korea by Oct 2019, 17 involved ESS units equipped with LG Chem (now LG Energy Solution) batteries; a government-led investigation team concluded 4 of 5 fires in an Aug-Oct 2019 cluster were probably caused by battery malfunction, which LG disputed.
Primary source
Publisher: ETNews / Korea Times · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Oct 2019 | South Korea ESS fires linked predominantly to LG Chem/LG Energy Solution battery cells | ETNews / Korea Times | ETNews / Korea Times |
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