I. Summary of Fire Incidents in 2004
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KOREAN FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
This is provided under
the Agreement of Cooperation between the Korean Fire Protection Association and the National Fire Protection Association
2005
FOREWORD
We are pleased to issue the revised edition of an English booklet entitled"Korean Fire Data" which offers an outline of Korean fire statistics during the year 2004.
The first edition was published in 1997 in accordance with the "The agreement of Cooperation between the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) and the KFPA (Korean Fire Protection Association)." It was probably the first Korean fire related statistics in English and paved for disseminating the information to the world including USA. Since then, the revised editions have been issued annually.
Take a look at the Korean fire data in the year 2004.
Thirty two thousand and seven hundred and thirty seven(32,737) fires were attended by the public fire services, a increase of 4.4% from the previous year.
The death fell by 34.9% from 744 in 2003 to 484 in 2004 and injuries fell by
- 9% from 2,089 in 2003 to 1,829 in 2004. Property loss has accounted for
- 63 billion Won (approximately US $149 million) in 2004, 3.3% decreased from 151.59 billion Won (approximately US $154 million) in 2003.
With regard to the property loss in 2004, it still showed decrease rate of
- 3%, but average 2.1% increase per annum for the past ten year period. In particular Korean non-life insurance companies say that the actual property losses may be estimated to several times as much as the above official figures. In addition, the rate of fire occurrence in Korea has increased by an average of
- 3% per annum for the past ten years.
National Fire Investigation Society is established in Korea in the year of 2000,and in 2004, by national policy, National Fire Prevention agency was enlarged to National Emergency Management Agency and departments in charge of fire investigation was established at every fire stations and head quaters of cities and provinces. Citizens and authorities are making their efforts all together for safety and scientific way of fire investigation.
We hope this booklet serves not only to deliver the current Korean fire data but to reduce the worldwide fire disaster.
CONTENTS
2004 Fire Report
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. Summary of Fire Incidents in 2004Ⅰ ·································· 3. Fires for the 10-Year Period (1995-2004)Ⅱ ························ 7
Fire Investigation Reports
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Fire at A Textile Manufacturing Plant
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Fire at B Heavy Industry
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SOURCE : 2004 Fire Statistics Report
by the National Emergency Management Agency of the Republic of Korea
2004 FIRE REPORT
I. Summary of Fire Incidents in 2004
1. Fire Loss Summary
| Category | 2004 | 2003 | Rise & Fall | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Fires | 32,737 | 31,372 | 1,365 | 4.4 |
| Deaths | 484 | 744 | -260 | -34.9 |
| Injuries | 1,820 | 2,089 | -269 | -12.9 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 146,634 | 151,590 | -4,956 | -3.3 |
2. 2004 Fires by Causes
| Category | No. of Fires (Rate %) | Fire Casualties (Deaths/Injuries) | Property Loss (W million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 32,737 | 484/1,820 | 146,634 |
| Electrical | 10,450 (31.9) | 30/329 | 47,841 |
| Smoking | 3,585 (11.0) | 17/106 | 5,342 |
| Arson | 3,291 (10.1) | 144/352 | 10,859 |
| Ember | 2,464 (7.5) | 8/96 | 8,711 |
| Children Playing | 1,385 (4.2) | 10/29 | 2,078 |
| Gas | 698 (2.1) | 23/116 | 1,876 |
| Fireplace | 723 (2.2) | 10/42 | 1,674 |
| Stove | 328 (1.0) | 2/29 | 1,371 |
| Oil | 354 (1.1) | 3/81 | 908 |
| Matches·Candles | 307 (0.9) | 19/48 | 927 |
| Others | 9,152 (28.0) | 218/592 | 65,048 |
3. 2004 Fires by Property Types
| Category | No. of Fires (Rate %) | Fire Casualties (Deaths/Injuries) | Property Loss (W million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 32,737 | 484/1,820 | 146,634 |
| Residential | 8,686 (26.5) | 297/789 | 25,512 |
| Vehicle | 6,012 (18.4) | 74/130 | 13,745 |
| Factory | 3,450 (10.5) | 18/236 | 43,804 |
| Restaurant | 2,181 (6.7) | 12/111 | 9,899 |
| Shop | 1,674 (5.1) | 4/92 | 12,330 |
| Warehouse | 766 (2.3) | 2/22 | 8,771 |
| Workplace | 467 (1.4) | 5/26 | 1,973 |
| Hotel-Motel | 300 (0.9) | 13/92 | 695 |
| School | 268 (0.8) | 2/9 | 782 |
| Ship | 103 (0.3) | 3/13 | 867 |
| Market | 30 (0.1) | 2/1 | 319 |
| Others | 8,800 (26.9) | 52/299 | 27,939 |
4. 2004 Fires by Months
| Months | No. of Fires | Deaths | Injuries | Property Loss (W million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 32,737 | 484 | 1,820 | 146,634 |
| Jan | 3,446 | 62 | 201 | 15,920 |
| Feb | 3,276 | 68 | 154 | 16,015 |
| Mar | 3,283 | 59 | 174 | 14,565 |
| Apr | 3,044 | 34 | 162 | 13,624 |
| May | 2,413 | 50 | 137 | 12,117 |
| Jun | 2,487 | 40 | 168 | 12,026 |
| Jul | 2,292 | 33 | 140 | 10,223 |
| Aug | 2,275 | 19 | 120 | 9,400 |
| Sep | 2,053 | 21 | 122 | 8,255 |
| Oct | 2,763 | 34 | 158 | 11,853 |
| Nov | 2,493 | 30 | 125 | 9,088 |
| Dec | 2,912 | 34 | 159 | 13,548 |
5. 2004 Fires by Major Cities and Provinces
| Cities & Provinces | No. of Fires | Deaths | Injuries | Property Loss (W million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 32,737 | 484 | 1,820 | 146,634 |
| Seoul | 5,421 | 56 | 239 | 10,646 |
| Pusan | 1,945 | 28 | 146 | 2,690 |
| Daegu | 979 | 17 | 78 | 3,425 |
| Inchon | 1,582 | 13 | 100 | 5,621 |
| Gwangju | 888 | 10 | 63 | 3,910 |
| Daejun | 909 | 21 | 77 | 2,746 |
| Ulsan | 1,097 | 7 | 46 | 2,964 |
| Gyunggi-Do | 7,068 | 113 | 369 | 48,680 |
| Gangwon-Do | 1,673 | 29 | 96 | 8,414 |
| Chungbuk-Do | 1,190 | 25 | 73 | 8,665 |
| Chungnam-Do | 1,390 | 30 | 63 | 8,134 |
| Jeonbuk-Do | 1,622 | 28 | 101 | 6,983 |
| Jeonnam-Do | 1,343 | 19 | 70 | 8,263 |
| Gyeongbuk-Do | 1,962 | 36 | 128 | 8,295 |
| Gyeongnam-Do | 3,100 | 44 | 151 | 15,999 |
| Jeju-Do | 568 | 8 | 20 | 1,202 |
Thirty two thousand and seven hundred and thirty seven(32,737) fires were attended by public fire services, a increase of 4.4 % from the year before.
Death toll fell by 34.9 % from 744 in 2003 to 484 in 2004 and injuries fell by 12.9 % from 2,089 in 2003 to 1,820 in 2004.
Property loss accounts for W146.63 billion in 2004, 3.3% decreased from W151.59 billion in 2003.
The leading causes of 2004 fires were electrical distribution involved, smoking, arson, ember and children playing etc. and they account for 64.7% of the total fires in 2004. Electrical distribution fires involved ranked first, occupied about 31.9% of all fires in 2004.
Twenty-six point five percent(26.5%, 8,686) of the total 32,737 fires occurred in homes, including houses and apartments ranked first, vehicles fires ranked second or 18.4% (6,012), factory fires ranked third or 10.5% (3,450).
6. Catastrophic Fires for the Last 5 Year Period (2000 - 2004)
| Year | No. of Fires | Deaths | Injuries | Property Loss (W million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 31 | 86 | 345 |
| 2001 | 6 | 41 | 80 | 970 |
| 2002 | 5 | 44 | 15 | 115 |
| 2003 | 10 | 230 | 202 | 15,163 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| increase rate(%) | 16.0 | 60.7 | 210.4 | 2,596.1 |
- A catastrophic fire is defined as following according to the "Fire Investigation & Report Regulation".
- Death toll : Not less than five people
- Injuries : Not less than ten people
- Property loss : Not less than two billion Won(¥2 billion)
Catastrophic fires for the last 5 years marked an average 16.0% decrease rate per year. But the 1 catastrophic fires in 2004 represented a 90% increase from 2003.
The 5 fire deaths in 2004 showed a decrease of 83.9 % and 97.8 % respectively from 2000 and 2003, with a 60.7 % increase per year for the last 5 year.
The 0 fire injuries in 2004 showed a 119.6% increase from 1999, and a increase of 1,246.7% from 2002, with a 210.4% increase per year for the last 5 year.
In 2004, property damage caused by fires amounted to W6 million, which marked an decrease of 98.3% from 2000, but an decrease of 100% from 2003, with a 2,596.1% increase per year for the last 5 year.
II. Fires for the 10-Year Period (1995-2004)
1. Number of Fires for 1995-2004
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| Year | 1995 | 1966 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | IR (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TF | 26,071 | 28,665 | 29,472 | 32,664 | 33,856 | 34,844 | 36,169 | 32,966 | 31,372 | 32,737 | 4.3 |
| S | 21,546 | 23,106 | 23,743 | 27,168 | 28,253 | 28,846 | 30,078 | 27,102 | 25,235 | 26,620 | 4.3 |
| VH | 4,525 | 5,559 | 5,729 | 5,496 | 5,603 | 5,998 | 6,091 | 5,864 | 6,137 | 6,117 | 4.7 |
- TF : Total Fires, S : Structures, VH : Vehicles, Ships, Aircraft, etc. * IR : Increase Rate
The number of fires for the last 10-year period has shown an average 4.3 % increase rate per year since 1995. In 2004, total 32,737 fires occurred to be up by 25.6 % from 1995. Fires in Structures marked an average 4.3 % increase rate per year, and resulted in a 23.5 % rise from 21,546 fires in 1995 to 26,620 fires in 2004. Vehicle(vehicles, ships, aircraft) fires have risen with an average 4.7 % rate per year to mark a 35.2 % increase rate in 2004 compared to 1995.
- Fire Casualties for 1995-2004
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| Year | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | IR (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TF | 26,071 | 28,665 | 29,472 | 32,664 | 33,856 | 34,844 | 36,169 | 32,966 | 31,372 | 32,737 | 4.3 |
| Deaths | 571 | 589 | 564 | 505 | 545 | 531 | 516 | 491 | 744 | 484 | 0.6 |
| Injuries | 1,648 | 1,634 | 1,631 | 1,779 | 1,825 | 1,853 | 1,860 | 1,744 | 2,089 | 1,820 | 3.8 |
- TF : Total Fires, * IR : Increase Rate
○ Trend in fire deaths
- Deaths in 2004 : increased average 0.6 % per annum for the last 10-year period
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 34.9% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 1995 : 15.2 % decrease
○ Trend in fire injuries
- Injuries in 2004 : increased average 3.8 % per annum for the last 10-year period
- Numbers rate in 2004 compared to 2003 : 12.9% decrease
- Numbers rate in 2004 compared to 1995 : 10.4% increase
- Property Loss for 1995-2004
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| Year | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | IR (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL (Wmil.) | 100,745 | 113,148 | 121,712 | 159,721 | 166,426 | 151,972 | 169,750 | 143,447 | 151,590 | 146,634 | 2.1 |
- PL : Property Loss, * IR : Increase Rate
O Trend in property loss
- Increase trend for the last 10-year period : increased average 2.1 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 3.3 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 1995 : 45.5 % increase
○ Property loss order by places
- 1st : factories W34,298 mil.(23.4 % of total W146,634 mil.)
- 2nd : residential W22,056 mil.(15.0 % of total W146,634 mil.)
- 3rd : vehicles W13,745 mil.(9.4 % of total W146,634 mil.)
O Property loss order by causes
- 1st : electrical fires W47,841 mil.(32.6 % of total W146,634 mil.)
- 2nd : arson W10,859 mil.(7.4 % of total W146,634 mil.)
- 3rd : embers W8,711 mil.(5.9 % of total W146,634 mil.)
4. Fires by Cause for the 5-Year Period 2000-2004
4-1. Electrical Fires
〔图〕插图 O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 1.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 2.1 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 11.4 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths decreased average 6.2 % per annum and injuries increased average 2.6 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 60.5 % and 9.9 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 58.9 % and 15.4 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 1.9 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 4.1 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 18.9 % decrease
4-2. Smoking materials
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O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 2.9 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 8.1 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 16.7% decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 2.2 % and 1.0 % per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 37.0 % and 29.3 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths downed by 32.0 % and injuries up by 15.2 %
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 3.4 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 13.0 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 8.9 % decrease
4-3. Arson
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 2,559 | 2,709 | 2,778 | 3,219 | 3,291 | 6.3 |
| Deaths | 122 | 120 | 105 | 361 | 144 | 38.6 |
| Injuries | 274 | 306 | 313 | 550 | 352 | 11.0 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 7,542 | 8,358 | 8,184 | 15,151 | 10,859 | 12.3 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : increased average 6.3 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 2.2% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 28.6% increase
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 38.6% and 11.0% per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 60.1 % and 36.0 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries up by 18.0 % and 28.5 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 12.3 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 28.3 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 44.0% increase
4-4. Children Playing
〔图〕插图 O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 4.8 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 8.7 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 18.3 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries decreased average 3.1 % and 16.5 % per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths up by 25 % and injuries downed by 21.6 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000: deaths up by 42.9% and injuries downed by 37.0%
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 0.9 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 42.5 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 7.9% decrease
4-5. Embers
〔图〕插图 ○ Fire trend
- 5-year : increased average 5.9% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 19.9% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 13.1 % increase
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 93.0% and 19.6% per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths downed by 69.2 % and injuries up by 20.0 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths downed by 11.1 % and injuries up by 68.4 %
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 8.5% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 27.6% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 30.5% increase
4-6. Oils
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 368 | 397 | 355 | 358 | 354 | -0.8 |
| Deaths | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Injuries | 76 | 91 | 70 | 70 | 81 | 2.2 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 962 | 1,056 | 1,378 | 1,316 | 908 | 1.2 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 0.8 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 1.1% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 3.8% decrease
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : injuries increased average 2.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : injuries up by 15.7 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths downed by 50% and injuries up by 6.6%
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 1.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 31.0% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 5.6% decrease
4-7. Gases
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 1,590 | 1,479 | 1,170 | 981 | 698 | -11.5 |
| Deaths | 44 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 15.4 |
| Injuries | 276 | 204 | 156 | 191 | 116 | -8.7 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 3,031 | 2,801 | 2,336 | 2,581 | 1,876 | -16.6 |
O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 16.6 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 28.8 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 56.1 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths increased average 8.6 % per annum and injuries decreased average 14.5 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 14.8 % and 39.3 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 47.7 % and 58.0 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 8.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 27.3 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 38.1 % decrease
5. Fires by Property Type for the 5-Year Period 2000-2004
5-1. Residential(Houses & Apartments)
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 9,734 | 10,011 | 8,877 | 8,474 | 8,686 | -2.5 |
| Deaths | 308 | 336 | 253 | 322 | 297 | 1.8 |
| Injuries | 801 | 859 | 777 | 876 | 789 | -0.2 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 26,989 | 30,369 | 27,582 | 22,671 | 25,512 | -2.2 |
O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 2.5 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 2.5 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 10.8 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths increased average 1.8% per annum and injuries decreased average 0.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 7.8 % and 9.9 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 3.6 % and 1.5 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 2.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 12.5 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 5.5 % decrease
5-2. Factories
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 3,973 | 3,913 | 3,539 | 3,416 | 3,450 | -1.0 |
| Deaths | 30 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 6.4 |
| Injuries | 276 | 211 | 195 | 223 | 236 | 3.0 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 49,607 | 51,433 | 41,366 | 55,507 | 43,804 | -4.1 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 1.0% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 1.0% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 13.2% decrease
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 6.4% and 3.0% per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths downed by 28.0 % and injuries up by 5.8 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 40.0 % and 14.5 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 4.1 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 21.1% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 11.7% decrease
5-3. Vehicles
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 5,871 | 5,973 | 5,794 | 6,049 | 6,012 | 1.9 |
| Deaths | 57 | 42 | 60 | 274 | 74 | 61.6 |
| Injuries | 108 | 89 | 99 | 324 | 130 | 37.9 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 11,414 | 13,152 | 12,901 | 17,212 | 13,745 | 7.1 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : increased average 1.9% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 0.6% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 2.4% increase
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 61.6% and 37.9% per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 73.0 % and 59.9 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries up by 29.8 % and 20.4 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 7.1 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 20.1% decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 20.4% increase
5-4. Restaurants
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 1,990 | 2,212 | 2,010 | 2,056 | 2,181 | 1.3 |
| Deaths | 33 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 7.4 |
| Injuries | 138 | 99 | 136 | 156 | 111 | -1.0 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 9,624 | 12,448 | 8,450 | 8,941 | 9,899 | 2.4 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : increased average 1.3 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 6.1% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 9.6% increase
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths increased average 7.4% per annum and injuries decreased average 1.0% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 61.3 % and 28.8 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 63.6 % and 19.6 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 2.4% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 10.7% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 2.9% increase
5-5. Shops
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O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 0.4 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 1.4 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 3.8 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths decreased average 19.1 % per annum and injuries increased average 0.2 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths downed by 20.0 % and injuries up by 13.6 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 75.0 % and 14.8 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 0.5 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 16.0 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 3.8 % increase
5-6. Workplaces
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 521 | 591 | 535 | 457 | 467 | -2.6 |
| Deaths | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 94.2 |
| Injuries | 42 | 78 | 47 | 21 | 26 | 1.2 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 2,987 | 4,123 | 2,414 | 4,578 | 1,973 | 5.7 |
O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 2.6 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 2.2 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 10.4 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 94.2 % and 1.2 % per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries up by 150.0 % and 23.8 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries downed by 54.5 % and 38.1 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 5.7% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 56.9 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 33.9% decrease
5-7. Warehouses
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| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 957 | 822 | 823 | 675 | 766 | -1.6 |
| Deaths | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Injuries | 17 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 12.1 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 7,651 | 7,321 | 7,870 | 5,267 | 8,771 | 11.6 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 1.6% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 13.5% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 20.0% decrease
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : injuries increased average 12.1 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries up by 100.0 % and 69.2 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths downed by 33.3 % and injuries up by 29.4 %
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 11.6% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 66.5% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 14.6% increase
5-8. Hotels & Motels
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O Fire trend
- 5-year : decreased average 2.7 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 5.4 % decrease
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 4.8 % decrease
O Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : deaths and injuries increased average 14.8 % and 5.9 % per annum respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths up by 18.2% and injuries downed by 5.2 %
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths downed by 7.1 % and injuries up by 53.3 %
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : decreased average 6.9 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 1.5 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 16.1 % decrease
5-9. Schools
〔图〕插图
| Category | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Increase Rate(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 234 | 260 | 246 | 243 | 268 | 4.2 |
| Deaths | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Injuries | 8 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 77.0 |
| Property Loss (W million) | 717 | 519 | 711 | 712 | 782 | 6.8 |
○ Fire trend
- 5-year : increased average 4.2% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 10.3 % increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 1999 : 14.5% increase
○ Fire casualties
- 5-year trend : injuries increased average 77.0% per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : deaths and injuries downed by 75.0 % and 62.5 % respectively
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : deaths and injuries up by 100.0 % and 12.5 % respectively
○ Property loss
- 5-year trend : increased average 6.8 % per annum
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2003 : 9.8% increase
- Numbers in 2004 compared to 2000 : 9.1% increase
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT
Fire at A Textile Manufacturing Plant
Fire at A Textile Manufacturing Plant
I. Overview
● Site : North Chungchung Province, Korea
● Date & Time: 13:00 Sat. 23rd, September, 2005(presumption)
●Area of origin: the raw cotton warehouse #1
● Casualties : None
● Property loss : Estimated at 30 billion won
● Fire cause: Not known
II. Condition of the plant
1. General condition of the plant building
Chungwon plant was completed in 1991 and expanded with the second plant (13, $780\text{m}^2$) that is connected to the existing first one. In addition to the factory building, six attached buildings, including dormitory, employee apartment house and warehouse, are provided on the plant site. The main structure of the plant consists of sandwich panels on the steel - framed structure & roof and some of the office building has a concrete slab structure.
| floor | Year of completion | Area | Structure | Occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st basement | 1991, 2001 | $ 3,236\text{m}^2 $ | Concrete slab | Air handling, pump room |
| Ground floor | 1991, 2001 | $ 42,224\text{m}^2 $ | Steel frame & sandwich panel | Cotton thread production, office |
| 2nd floor | 1991, 2001, 2005 | $ 1,762\text{m}^2 $ | Concrete slab, steel sandwich panel | Training room, etc. |
| Total | $ 47,222\text{m}^2 $ |
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- Condition of Process
Equipped with 90 thousand fine spinning machines, Chungwon plant is the national largest coma thread production factory. It produces cotton thread with raw cotton through the process of opening and picking, cotton carding and fine spinning. With three hundred and seventy staffs, its annual production volume reaches around 20 thousand tons.
. Overview of IncidentⅢ
Though the plant adopted the 5-day workweek system, some employees were working for 24 hours in three shifts. At the time of fire, three managerial staffs and some clerical workers were on duty.
A production worker for opening and picking process recognized a sign of fire by smelling the smoke of fire. He had looked around opening and picking workshop and cotton carding workplace but failed to find the area of origin place. Then he reported the abnormal condition to a head in charge and tried to search for the ignition point.
However, only with intermittent smell of the smoke, they failed to find the ignition place spending 5 minute of time. Meanwhile, a raw cotton worker notified a flame falling down from a ceiling of the raw cotton warehouse #1. Later, workers and staffs on duty tried to extinct the fire initially with fire extinguishers and fire hydrants, however they failed because fire gains headway.
. SituationⅣ
The report on the condition of the fire was made upon the investigation over lost parts and statement by the people concerned with the plant. However, the exact situation was not identified, because the steel framed warehouse was completely collapsed by burning and the people concerned shunned making any statement.
| Time | Situation of fire | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Assumed time of ignition | |
| 13:10 | With smell of smoke, opening and picking workers try to search for a point of origin only to failed. | report to the head |
| 13:14 | A staff in charge of loading the raw cotton finds a flame falling from the ceiling of the raw cotton warehouse. | report to the staff on duty, An emergency bell of automatic fire detection system operates. |
| 13:16 | A passer-by reports to 119 seeing the smoke from the factory. | Fire station receives the report. |
| 13:18 | The roof of raw cotton warehouse collapse. | |
| 13:19 | A staff of production dep.#1 continues fire fighting | The fire does not spread to the opening and picking process nor to the cotton carding production line. |
| 13:26 | The first arrival of a fire truck from Ochang fire station | approach toward the warehouse |
| 13:30 | An order of evacuation to the workers at the first plant | |
| 13:31 | The second arrival of the fire truck from Chungju fire station | Heat and smoke hinders the access |
| 13:46 | An order of evacuation to the workers of the second plant | |
| 13:50 | Electrical shut off from the factory (users) | |
| 14:15 | Electrical shut off from Korea electric power corporation(supplier) |
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Though a fire engine from a nearby fire station arrived at the report, it could not extinct the fire having spreaded to the opening and picking process at the first plant.
After that, fire trucks from each branch under Chungju Fire Station arrived only to have a difficulty in fire suppression. On the other hand, time delay was caused by some fire trucks repairing water supply facility at another firing spot.
. Problems and measuresⅤ
Textile manufacturing plant contains high risk of fire spread to the entire building owing to the high flammability of textile and density of raw material and continual process of work.
Though an investigation is being made on the fire causes, the general risk of textile factory and fire hazards in the raw cotton warehouse and opening and picking process are as follows.
- Potential hazard
(1) General hazard
￭Most raw materials of natural and artificial textiles are highly flammable and once ignited, they generate various smoke and toxic gases and easily spreads.
￭ Dust of textile debris made during the process changes into the highly flammable material accumulated on machine, electric facilities and ceiling. In addition, main
ignition source are the defects of electric facilities, the frictional heat from the
machine and sparks by foreign substances.
￭While the cotton is inclined to be ignited and burn by sparks and the frictional heat, the synthetic fiber is highly flammable though the ignition temperature is
lower than that of the cotton.
(2) Hazard of raw cotton warehouse
￭ The fire generally begins on the surface of stored goods and spreads out fanwise.
The fire heats and burns stuffs directly and the radiant heat exerts influence on
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the nearby materials and accelerates the fire spread.
￭ Though the speed of the initial burning is varied by the condition of the surface of material, the duration of burning is closely related to the stored material.
Most of highly pressed raw cotton do not burn easily and in case of a flame in
the baled cotton would burn with flame after smouldering in a few hours or a
few days
￭ Once it ignites, it makes the extinguishment difficult with high speed and heat of combustion.
(3) Opening and picking / Mixing and blowing
￭ Along with high frequency of the fire, the opening and picking process has high risk of ignition among other textile manufacturing processes.
￭ Fire could break out by sparks between the pieces of metal in the raw cotton and spinning material or by the frictional heat from the cotton held tight inside of
the machine.
￭ The cotton in that state has high risk of fire spread for it could be transferred to the next process of work through pipes.
- Problems
(1) Raw cotton warehouse
￭ The fire wall should be 2-hour rated but the wall of the building was covered by the gypsum board with low fire resistance. Furthermore, an opening between the
wall and the roof accelerated the fire spread.
￭ The roof should not easily changed or collapsed by heat but the steel framed sandwiched panel of the building became weak at the heat.
￭ Raw cotton was stacked at 26 lines of length and 9 stacks of height, however,one stacker was used for a transfer of two folds of stacks surpassing the area of 50m2 for a stack. And the height of the stacks reduced the performance of
sprinkler.
(2) Initial attack and automatic extinguishing system
$\blacksquare$ The lapse of time from the recognition of the smoke to the initial attack at finding the flame from the ceiling was the cause of the failure of extinguishment.
$\blacksquare$ The staff concerned with the plant said that sprinklers at the raw cotton and final goods warehouses had operated, however, some questions are raised over the credibility of the statement considering few water damages and the speedy fire propagation in spite of the operation of sprinklers.
3. Advice on the improvement of hazard factors
(1) It is important to indicate proper building structure and storage method considering the fire load of the raw cotton.
(2) As the styrofoam used for a heat insulator between sandwiched panels is vulnerable to the heat and generates toxic gases at the time of fire threatening human lives, it should not be used where the hazard of fire exists.
〔图〕20059-28\n
Figure 1. Raw Cotton Warehouse : an assumed initial area of origin(the left of the concrete building is raw cotton warehouse #2)
〔图〕插图
Figure 2. Loading Place for Raw Cotton : adjacent to the warehouse#2 (The picture shows that the fire spreaded from inside to outside)
〔图〕20040-38\n
Figure 3. Working Place at the Opposite Side of Warehouse : a shot from dining building
〔图〕8265002\n
Figure 4. Panels of 100 mm of styrofoam : The styrofoam remained on the undamaged part while the burned part was lost
〔图〕20s928\n
Figure 5. Walls for Opening and Picking / Mixing and Blowing Process
〔图〕8255008\n
Figure 6. End Part of the First Plant : the presence of burned traces along the upper wall
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT
Fire at B Heavy Industry
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Fire at B Heavy Industry
. OverviewⅠ
• Site : South Gyungsang Province, Korea
• Date & Time : 10:50, Saturday, 13th, August, 2005
• Area of origin : Laboratory of the factory building
• Casualties : None
• Property loss : 2 billion won
• Fire cause : fire-flakes from welding
. Condition of the plantⅡ
- General condition of building
This plant was completed in 1992 with a factory building and six attached buildings.
The main plant has sandwich panel on the steel framed structure roof and its gross floor area is 25,439 m2 including 9,288 m2 of the expanded area in 1996.
The ground floor of the factory building was used for workplace, laboratory and utilization equipment room and the 2nd floor was used for office and mess hall,which located along the building face.
- General Process
Through manufacturing by cutting and assembling of ironware and raw material,compressor, air conditioners used for buses as well as farming machine are being produced.
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. Overview of IncidentⅢ
During the performance test of air conditioners, by the vibration of drive engine, the refrigerant leaked through a crack on the welded part of pipes in a temperature controlling freezer of the machine room.
According to a witness at welding work, a man in charge of development of new products had received a report that the air conditioner system on test from 5th, Aug.
2005 stopped and, on arrival at the job site, he found the leakage of refrigerant by the break of the refrigerant suppling pipe.
Because there was an time urgency for the supply of goods with no staff from factory management on holiday, staff A decided to repair the disorder by himself and prepared for a work of welding considering the work is simple. Even though he does not have any certificate, he had some experience of welding at past, and he used to do some simple welding work by himself before. He tried an oxyacetylene welding but he found it difficult to weld the old bronze. The work required a long time of heating for thickening the welding parts and the flame occurred during the welding moved to the sound-absorbing material.
. Situation SummaryⅣ
The report on the process of the fire was made upon the statement by a witness as well as a person concerned with the plant. As soon as the sparks brought flames on the sponge of sound-absorbing wall, the staff A tried to strike the flames with his hands in a rush however it only spread with speed. Other staffs in that spot used a carbon dioxide extinguisher at the gate of the machine room but the blaze moved to the upper body of the wall.
The staff A ran to the bus assembling workplace and brought a fire extinguisher and notified the fire to a nearby worker. It is reported that the fire was spreading toward the ceiling and the smoke was filling the inside of the building. It occurred to him that the oxygen container and acetylene vessel could explode and he turn off
the valve and moved the containers to a heat treatment room. Also, he used an extinguisher brought by a production worker but failed to extinguish the fire. Despite he used a big sized extinguisher, he failed to attack the fire spread to the ceiling. The fire spread to the assembling room through the gate door and the opening of the ceiling.
After the fire broke out, fire engines were dispatched from the nearby fire station and the fire was put out after 1 hour of fire suppression.
| Time | Activity | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| 10:50 | Assumed ignition time | Statements by witnesses |
| 11:08 | Sacheon fire station receives the fire report | Material management worker reports the fire |
| 11:10 | Smoke of fire is found by a military unit | |
| 11:15 | Fire trucks are discatched from the military unit | |
| 11:16 | First arrival of fire engines from Sacheon fire station | |
| 11:18 | Arrival of fire trucks from the military unit | Dispatch of three fire engines |
| 11:43 | First stage of fire suppression | |
| 11:52 | Final fire suppression |
V. Problems and measures
Despite the welding and cutting work using electric arch or oxygen fuel is needed to the field work, fire or explosion brought by careless workers could require casualties and property damage.
Next to the electric cause, the ember is the leading cause of fire occupying about 13% of the entire fire causes at industrial facilities such as factory or working place. Particularly, many cases of the fire break out during the welding work with movable welder at a place permitted for welding and cutting work. This time of fire also belongs to that case.
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- Risk
Thousands of ignition source are brought in forms of sparks and high temperature
￭
of slag during welding or cutting work. Electric arc, flame of the oxygen fuel gas or high temperature material becomes source of ignition.
At the time of welding or cutting work, most cases of fire occur by sparks and
￭
melting slags could be scattered horizontally as far as 11 meters combustible materials. In addition, many cases of fire are found after the sparks or slags fall to a small opening, a hole of the pipe or cracks and spread the fire. In that case,the amount of losses increases.
Flame from the electric arc or oxygen fuel gas overheats the combustible material
￭
around a workshop and they could bring the fire or the explosion when used in non-purged containers for combustible material with poor state of cleaning and those not treated with inert gas.
Fire could be arisen when the high temperature of welded or cut slags fall to a
￭
combustible material. When the heat is carried to flammable materials in containers or ignitable mixture, the fire or explosion could occur.
The best preventative measures for melding or cutting work is to move or shut off
￭
combustible materials from the ignition. source.
- Problems and measures
The wall and ceiling of the laboratory for durability test was furnished with pyramid shaped polyurethane sponge for the sound absorbing, which was vulnerable to the fire.
Even though the workers installed plywood(90 cm) vertically in order to prevent sparks from touching the sound absorbing material, it was not enough to cover the range of scattering sparks.
Additionally, the use of the ABC dry chemical extinguisher is desirable, however, the use of the carbon dioxide extinguisher brought the failure of the initial extinguishment.
When doing welding or cutting work, people should follow safety measures on the guide for welding or cutting work in order to eliminate the risk of ignition by sparks.
〔图〕305817\n
Figure 1. Initial area of origin
〔图〕2005817\n
Figure 2. Burned steel columns
〔图〕2005817\n
Figure 3. Burned styrofoam paneled partition
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT
Fire at Daegu Seomoon Market
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Fire at Daegu Seomoon Market
. OverviewⅠ
• Site : Daegu Metropolitan City, Korea
• Date & Time : 21: 57, 29th, December, 2005
• Area of origin : Store hallway on the 1st floor of the second area
• Casualties : None
• Property loss : Estimated 18.6 billion won
• Fire cause : Short circuit
. Condition of the SiteⅡ
Seomoon Market is divided into four areas, which are separated by four individual buildings. The building where the fire occurred was a three-story reinforced concrete structure with a basement and had a paneled office (280 m2) on the roof. It was located at the 2nd area and completed in 1970.
A big retail store and a number of small restaurants were situated at the basement,while 975 stores having area of 6.6 m2 to 13.2 m2 were located from the ground to the 3rd floors. Most of the 975 stores were selling bedclothes, fabric, clothing, and linen and cotton.
〔图〕5tharea2ndarealstarea4thstoreareastorestorestoreremark※:Fire department: Building of origin\n
Figure 1. Site Plan of Seomoon Market
III. Fire Protection System at Seomoon market
As fire protection facilities, extinguishers, indoor hydrants, yard hydrants, and sprinklers were installed and automatic fire detection system and emergency broadcasting facility were equipped as an alarm system. And emergency exit signs and directional signs served as an evacuation system.
It is known that fire shutters and sprinklers between 1st and 2nd floors and 2nd and 3rd floors operated at the time of ignition, but the investigation is still being made on the situation at that time.
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. Situation SummaryⅣ
The guard for the second floor (59, the first reporter on the fire) said, "Finding a flame at a store on the first floor, I tried to extinguish it but failed. I called 119 and reported the fire at about twenty-two past five."
Fire fighters attacked the fire but the fire aggravated by spreading to the fabric and clothing. The first stage of extinguishment ended in vain. Daegu Fire Headquarters mobilized 116 fire engines and 1,100 of staffs to deal with the fire and it was put out at midnight. Right after that, however, the fire rekindled and spread to second and third floors. The the risk of collapsing of the building disabled fire fighters to enter the building causing lapse of time to the full fire suppression. At that time, a safety advisory organ concluded that it was impossible to enter the building and reported to the fire authority asking to attack the fire from outside and wait until the clothing inside of the building burn to ash. The final mopping up was completed by three to eighteen Dec. 30th, the next day.
Leading causes of taking time to the full fire suppression is that the rectangle shaped interior structure of the building (122 m × 45 m) is complex and that every stores has its own shutters.
. Accidental causeⅤ
In the morning of 2nd, December, Daegu Jungbu Police Station started a field identification in association with NISI (National Institute of Scientific Investigation).
The authority focused their attention on the bedclothes store to discover the origin and cause of the fire. Entire 21 staffs from the police station, NISI, fire department,Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, and safety examination team participated in the field identification on that day. The cause of the fire is assumably a short-circuit.
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. Fire SeverityⅥ
About 700 stores (70 percent of the gross floor area) were lost by fire and smoke and water damage destroyed some of the rest stores. Many of the merchants allege that they had increased the total stock in preparation for the busiest season around the year's end, which resulted in tens of billion won of damages on personal properties. Result from the safety examination by Daegu City and Junggu District Office indicates that it is impossible to reuse the building because it was partially broken and additional collapse is expected. Accordingly, additional budget is to be made for reconstruction of the building.
. ProblemsⅦ
- Flammable interior
Even though interior materials were out of gypsum board, some of partition walls made of plywoods accelerated the spread of fire.
- Fire Protection Facilities
Beside indoor and outdoor hydrant, dry sprinklers installed in the building were in a bad state of maintenance.
- Fire Spread
Neither pipe pockethough nor ventilation facility was not planned and fire door and steel framed shutters in poor state failed to prevent fire spreads.
- Condition of extinguishment
Even though a nearby fire station was located within 100m of distance from the market, narrow access roads and stacks of goods on the road hindered the fire suppression.
VIII. History of Fire
| No. | Date & Time | Cause | Casualties | Casualties | Property loss (thousand won) | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date & Time | Cause | Death | Injury | Property loss (thousand won) | Remark |
| 1 | 20. 10. 1951 | Unknown | ||||
| 2 | 04. 02. 1951 | Actionable fire | 1 | |||
| 3 | 26. 12. 1957 | Actionable fire | 3 | |||
| 4 | 05. 02. 1960 | Unknown | ||||
| 5 | 16. 06. 1960 | Oil spill | 34 | 4,687,790 | Monetary unit : thousand hwan | |
| 6 | 15. 02. 1961 | Unknown | 1 | |||
| 7 | 01. 01. 1967 | Maintenance | 1 | 236,000 | Fire caused by an electric leakage | |
| 8 | 03. 11. 1968 | Actionable fire | 98,060 | |||
| 9 | 20. 11. 1975 | Smoking | 2,571,770 | Frame structure of the building broke down. Protection facilities were insufficient. Shutters hindered extinguishment. | ||
| 10 | 17. 12. 1976 | Actionable fire | 5 | 1,141,800 | Spread of fire by strong wind along with piles of goods, damages on about 700 stores | |
| 11 | 25. 03. 1980 | Actionable fire | 443 | |||
| 12 | 03. 02. 1981 | Maintenance | 5,150 | |||
| 13 | 10. 06. 1981 | Unknown | 2,431 | |||
| 14 | 21. 02. 1982 | Unknown | 2,480 | |||
| 15 | 05. 12. 1982 | Actionable fire | 250 |
| No. | Date & Time | Cause | Casualties | Casualties | Property loss (thousand won) | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date & Time | Cause | Death | Injury | Property loss (thousand won) | Remark |
| 16 | 02.03.1986 | Actionable fire | 50 | |||
| 17 | 03.12.1995 | Unknown | 5,000 | Damages on the stacks of bedclothes at stores, the fire cause is not known | ||
| 18 | 25.08.1996 | Actionable fire | 5,000 | Smoking materials thrown by an unidentified person | ||
| 19 | 30.04.1997 | Maintenance | 130,000 | Loss of 10 stores, difficulty in fir suppression by strong wind, The fire was fully extinguished in 3 hours. | ||
| 20 | 29.12.2005 | Under investigation | Under investigation |
※ The amount of damage was calculated by the then standard price by the fire authority
※ The monetary unit before the currency reform of 1961 is hwan.
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