That’s why.. Work was disrupted at a Kia factory in South Korea

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday that production was disrupted at one of Kia’s factories in the country due to a fire in the factory’s paint workshop.

Yonhap, citing an unnamed source, reported that the fire broke out late on Monday at Kia plant number three in Hwaseong district, south of the capital Seoul, adding that the fire was extinguished after about 40 minutes without injuries or deaths.

Yonhap said that the Kia Union and its management have agreed to give the assembly line and paint workshop workers a vacation until the sixth of September.

Yonhap added that the affected line manufactures cars “K5″,”K8″ and”E.V6”, adding that it is not yet clear how many manufactured cars are affected by the suspension of work.

The company could not be reached for comment outside regular business hours.

Hyundai Motor and Kia said in early August that they will recall more than 91 thousand cars in the United States due to the risk of fires in them, and the two companies urged car owners to park them outside the buildings or away from them pending repair.

The recall includes Hyundai Palisade for 2023 and 2024, Tucson, Sonata, Elantra and Kona models for 2023, celtus models for 2023 and 2024, and Kia Soul and Sportage models for 2023.

The two Korean companies said that the electronic controls of the oil pump assembly may have damaged electrical components that would increase the pump temperature.
Owners will be notified in late September and dealers will inspect the electric oil pump controllers and replace them as needed.