Jman888 Moderator May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 21 dead in South Korea hospital fire; 81-year-old man in custody PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2014 A firefighter works at the scene of a fire at a hospital in Jangseong, south-west region of Jeolla on May 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS SEOUL (REUTERS) – A fire at a rural South Korean hospital for chronically ill elderly patients on Wednesday killed 21 people and injured eight in the second major fire this week s the country still mourns victims of a ferry disaster last month. The midnight blaze at the hospital in the southwest region of Jeolla was put out relatively quickly, but most of the victims were elderly patients unable to walk or move freely, leading to the large number of casualties, fire officials said. An 81-year-old man is in police custody and is being questioned on suspicion of arson after he was seen on surveillance camera walking into an empty room where the fire is believed to have started, a police official said by telephone. The man has been identified as a patient at the hospital and is suffering from dementia, the official said. All the victims were on the second floor of one building, and most of them suffered smoke inhalation, a local fire department official said. The hospital held patients who required long-term care, many with dementia or disability as a result of a stroke, local media reports said. In another fire on Wednesday morning, one person was injured when a fire broke out at a discount chain's parking lot in central Seoul, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local tv station YTN. The fire started at around 9.10am local time at a parking lot on the fifth floor of the discount chain Homeplus and was extinguished completely some 20 minutes later. No deaths were reported. The fire was believed to have been caused by an overheated engine of a car parked there. korea really very suay this year with one tragedy after another ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivinghazard 2nd Gear May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 Year of disaster for SK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Supersonic May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 (edited) bring back the memory of an old man beh song and burn down namdaemun similar case happen in taiwan 2 years ago ... Cancer patient set fire that killed 12, injured 60 at Taiwan nursing home, prosecutor says Edited May 28, 2014 by Wt_know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator May 28, 2014 Author Share May 28, 2014 (edited) another fire starter Arson attack on Seoul subway, no casualty reported 2014/05/28 13:42 SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A 71-year-old man set fire on a subway train in Seoul on Wednesday, but no casualties were reported, police officers said. The fire started at around 10:50 a.m. when the arsonist, identified only by his surname Cho, doused a seat inside a subway car approaching Dogok Station on Line 3 with flammable liquid and ignited it, they said. The blaze was brought under control in roughly six minutes by subway employees, the officers said, adding that some 370 passengers on the train evacuated immediately. "Trains are currently passing Dogok Station without stoppage due to the smoke," said an official of the subway operator. Police said they were questioning Cho after rounding him up at a nearby hospital where he was receiving treatment for mild burns. "I attempted to commit suicide after not receiving a proper reward for damages on a septic tank that I operated 15 years ago," Cho was quoted as telling police officers. "I received the reward through a law suit, but the amount did not meet my expectations." The accident came hours after a fire ripped through a nursing home in Jangseong County, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, killing at least 21 people, mostly elderly patients, and injuring eight others. In another incident, one person was mildly injured, with no reported fatalities, in a fire at a parking lot of a discount chain in Seoul. The blaze was extinguished in 20 minutes. Edited May 28, 2014 by Jman888 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 So another korean minister will take responsibility and resign? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcf777 Turbocharged May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 So another korean minister will take responsibility and resign? resign? too simple for them. They cannot face-palm.....so commit suicide is the best way to get out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgified1 Clutched May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 Aiyoh yeah man so poor thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktglfc Hypersonic May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 Pity the korean ppl, one after another disaster come and go :( Hope they can recover and get well soon :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamapi 6th Gear May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 Ferry sinking, train crash, bus terminal fire and now hospital fire... really a bad year for SK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic May 28, 2014 Share May 28, 2014 I bet our MIW wont dare to take up the job there lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJX Turbocharged May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 I bet our MIW wont dare to take up the job there lol They won't either... Can't afford to pay them the kind of money they are milking here.. Oops! Sorry!! I mean making.. The Sk citizen will protest against anything.. Not like Singaporean so gui.. Only LLST and kpkb in forum.. Those loud hailer type claimed to sacrifice and then kana sue till bankrupt.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 They won't either... Can't afford to pay them the kind of money they are milking here.. Oops! Sorry!! I mean making.. The Sk citizen will protest against anything.. Not like Singaporean so gui.. Only LLST and kpkb in forum.. Those loud hailer type claimed to sacrifice and then kana sue till bankrupt.. ahem...freudian slip??? kekekekek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJX Turbocharged May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 ahem...freudian slip??? kekekekek Boss, ur England damn powderful loh..👍 Hahahaha !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 something ironic on my trip there early last year ... the guide was saying how developed his country was ... and why we do not see cops around .... cause his country is very safe. on the night we returned, when we got home and turned on the TV, there was a news on TV reporting that a man had kill and dismembered a woman in Seoul. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreabang.com%2F2012%2Fstories%2Fincompetent-police-fail-to-prevent-horrific-murder-of-woman.html&ei=6ryGU5mAM8b9oASAooHIAg&usg=AFQjCNF1jxVk_WMA2X8DplV05y0Z0oSNug&bvm=bv.67720277,d.cGU 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerwoods Turbocharged May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 Year of disaster for SK maybe its a sabotage job to save costs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator May 29, 2014 Author Share May 29, 2014 (edited) something ironic on my trip there early last year ... the guide was saying how developed his country was ... and why we do not see cops around .... cause his country is very safe. on the night we returned, when we got home and turned on the TV, there was a news on TV reporting that a man had kill and dismembered a woman in Seoul. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreabang.com%2F2012%2Fstories%2Fincompetent-police-fail-to-prevent-horrific-murder-of-woman.html&ei=6ryGU5mAM8b9oASAooHIAg&usg=AFQjCNF1jxVk_WMA2X8DplV05y0Z0oSNug&bvm=bv.67720277,d.cGU Singapore also have many murder case but doesn't mean not safe mah. Edited May 29, 2014 by Jman888 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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