Foreign media reported that a couple jumped from a hotel fire in Bucheon onto an air mattress for firefighters. But something went wrong and the seat flipped over, killing both of them. Meanwhile, South Korean authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of last night's fire. Initially, it was thought to be an electrical short circuit.
A fire broke out in Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea last night. The death toll has recently risen to 7 dead and 12 injured in the number of fatalities. A couple jumped to escape the fire on an air mattress for firefighters below. Unfortunately, the moment the woman jumped down, she landed on the corner of the air cushion. This caused the air mattress to flip over while the man jumped right after. Both died tragically. Additional fatalities were found. In one of the rooms on the eighth floor, while several of the injured are still in critical condition. Most of them are due to smoke inhalation.
The official revealed that the fire broke out on the eighth floor of the building at the time of the incident, and there were 23 guests staying at the hotel, and officials had to mobilize more than 150 officers and 46 fire engines to control the fire for more than 3 hours to extinguish the fire. Although the fire did not spread to the entire building, it caused extensive damage because the hotel is an old hotel, built in 2003, so no sprinklers have been installed yet. Or automatic fire sprinklers as required by law later, which is the result of the initial examination, and it turned out that the cause of this fire was most likely an electrical short circuit.
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