BATTERY MODULE HAVING FLAME PROPAGATION BLOCKING STRUCTURE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME

A battery module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells; a module case accommodating the plurality of battery cells therein and having a gas venting hole on at least one side thereof; and a gas venting panel provided in a plate shape having a gas discharge passage therein for guiding gas flow along a predetermined path and coupled to the outside of the module case so that the gas discharge passage communicates with the gas venting hole.