Seoul, Aug 5 (DPA) At least 50 people were injured on the second day of clashes between police and strikers at South Korean carmaker Ssangyong Motor Co, media reports said Wednesday.

Police commandoes seized all but one barricaded paint shop in an attempt to end a two-month strike at the ailing carmaker's only assembly plant.

Ssangyong has been under bankruptcy protection since March and the strikes have lowered its chances of survival, costing nearly 316 billion won ($259 million), the Yonhap news agency said.

About 4,000 riot police have raided one building after another that were held by dismissed workers who protested plans for massive job cuts.

The strike has turned the plant into a 'hell of fire, smoke and battle scenes', local YTN television said.

Police dropped liquid tear gas from two helicopters on to the plant, located about 70 km north of Seoul. YTN showed images of strikers armed with steel pipes and hurling Molotov cocktails, resisting the police assault.