Police Force Investigation into Pyeongtaek Construction Site Fire Accident… Search and seizure (comprehensive) of contractors, etc.

Focus on the cause of the fire and compliance with safety rules… Joint appraisal in the coming week

(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Jong-ho, Kwon Jun-woo = The police launched a forced investigation on the 7th to find out the cause of the fire at the construction site of a new construction site in Pyeongtaek, where three firefighters died while extinguishing the fire.

Pyeongtaek new construction site fire

(Pyeongtaek = Yonhap News) Reporter Ki-won Hong = A fire broke out at a new construction site in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 6th and is emitting smoke. 2022.1.6 xanadu@yna.co.kr

Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency Investigation Headquarters (Chief Kwang-sik Kim) dispatched 45 people to 12 locations of 6 companies including the construction contractor, supervisory company, and subcontractor, and searched and searched for over 9 hours from 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm on the same day. was carried out

The police plan to obtain a construction plan and warehouse design drawings, and identify clues to the cause of the fire, including violations of safety rules, throughout the construction process.

A police official said, “We conducted a search and seizure of related places to check whether safety rules were not followed.

The police investigated the workers who were working at the time of the fire the day before, but it is said that no specific statement was made to identify the cause of the fire.

Fire at the new construction site in Pyeongtaek
Fire at the new construction site in Pyeongtaek

(Pyeongtaek = Yonhap News) Reporter Ki-won Hong = Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire at the construction site of a new frozen warehouse in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 6th. 2022.1.6 xanadu@yna.co.kr

A joint investigation by the police and fire authorities on the frozen warehouse building on fire is scheduled to take place as early as next week.

Prior to this, the fire department conducted a safety diagnosis on the building from around 11 am on the same day, and mobilized heavy equipment to clear up residual fires, and some of the internal structures were demolished.

On this day, the safety diagnosis focused on the external structure of the building, but it was found that no special abnormalities were found.

The fire occurred at 11:46 pm on the 5th at the construction site of a new frozen warehouse in Goryeom-ri, Cheongbuk-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do.

The fire department issued the first stage of response and put out the big fire at 6:32 a.m. the next day, but the extinguished embers suddenly spread once more, and three firefighters who were put on the second floor of the building were isolated and found dead.

The fire was completely extinguished at 7:19 pm on the 6th, 19 hours later.

zorba@yna.co.kr

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