{
  "id": 2268069,
  "title": "A lithium-ion battery used to charge a phone next to a bed caught fire while a person was sleeping, causing a house fire.\n\nOn the 11th, the Fire Department reported that a fire broke out at a home in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, at around 1:40 a.m. on the 10th, killing three people and injuring two others.\n\nThe fire started in the bedroom of the two-story detached house and spread to the entire building.\n\nThe victims were a couple in their 50s and their 20-something son.\n\nThe two injured people were the couple's daughter and son-in-law.\n\nThe family of four and one other person had been sleeping when the fire broke out.\n\nAn investigation by the fire department found that the fire started near a lithium-ion battery on a bedside table.\n\nThe battery was being used to charge a mobile phone.\n\nThe fire department determined that the fire was likely caused by an electrical short circuit in the battery.\n\nThe police and fire department are investigating the exact cause of the fire.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/story-2268069",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T23:26:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/chungcheong/1273978.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
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  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}