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Fire Department “It seems that the dead could not find the emergency exit and escape”
On the afternoon of day 1, a fire broke out in an apartment in Sanbon-dong, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, and firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire. Gunpo = Newsis
At the time of the fire in the apartment in Sanbon-dong, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, which caused 11 victims, including 4 deaths, there is a possibility that the automatic opening / closing system of the rooftop entrance door , which is a place for evacuation of residents, will not function normally. Some point out that the damage was due to the emergency exit sign leading to the roof not being displayed properly. The victim’s family said: “If you say he died because the roof door was not open, it would be murder.”
At 4:37 pm on Day 1, a fire broke out on the 12th floor of an apartment in Sanbon-dong, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, and the fire department put it out in about 30 minutes. The fire department believes the fire has killed four people to date. Yunhap news
“The password lock on the rooftop emergency door … was normally locked”
Police obtained a statement from residents of an apartment in Sanbon-dong, where a fire broke out on Day 1, that the door in the apartment’s roof was locked with a locking device that can only be opened by pressing a password, and you are confirming the correct facts.
In fact, of the four people who died in the fire that day, another two who lost their lives at the 12th floor interior construction site that caught fire were found near the stairs in front of the elevator lift room (elevator room). machines) on the 15th floor of the apartment. In this apartment, the engine room is installed one step higher than the ceiling door. In an urgent fire situation, there is a possibility that you were desperate while trying to find an escape through the rooftop door.
Residents of the apartments claim that the switchgear did not work properly. The firefighters who were dispatched also checked the opening and closing device, but it was impossible to confirm whether the door was open at the time of the fire because the device was destroyed in a fire. A resident who met at the site said: “The lock was tightly closed, so it was usually only opened by pressing the password.”
A rooftop entrance to the same apartment complex as the Sanbon-dong apartment in Gunpo, Gyeonggi-do, where 11 people were killed in the fire. The emergency door is firmly locked with an electronic locking device installed. Gunpo = Reporter Choi Eun-seo
Two victims found in front of the elevator machine room higher than the roof
Some argue that the damage was caused by emergency exit signs and inadequate emergency routes on the stair evacuation route leading to the roof. The victims misinterpreted the door to the engine room located at the highest point of the apartment as an emergency exit, but were blocked by a dead end and could not escape. A fire department official said: “It seems that the people who tried to evacuate to the roof during the fire could not get out because they could not find the emergency exit.”
However, the apartment’s management office said: “The upper part of the roof is a gable roof (triangular roof), so it cannot be opened normally because there is a high risk of a fall accident.” He refutes.
The entrance to the elevator lift room (engine room) in the nearby building, where the bodies of residents who died in the fire in Gunpo, Gyeonggi-do were found. It is located at the highest point in the apartment, half a floor higher than the emergency door on the roof. Gunpo = Reporter Choi Eun-seo
The rooftop door must be open at all times in apartments built after 2016 in accordance with the Fire Protection Facilities Installation, Maintenance and Safety Management Act. If the roof door is normally closed, it must have an opening and closing system that opens automatically in case of fire. This is a measure to evacuate residents who cannot go to the first floor because smoke can fill the hallways in case of fire due to the nature of the apartment.
The apartment in which the fire occurred was built in 1994 and safety-related laws do not apply retroactively, but the apartment management office explained that automatic opening and closing devices were installed on the rooftops of each apartment building. in preparation for the risk of fire. However, even if the lock was opened, the possibility that the escape would have been difficult if the door was closed and the signal indicating the emergency exit was poor cannot be ruled out. For this reason, the families of the victims strongly demand a precise investigation.
Eunseo Choi reporter [email protected]
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