Defective wiring is suspected to have caused the deadly South Korean hospital fire that killed dozens and injured more than 150, police said, as public anger grows over the country’s worst fire disaster in a decade….
Defective wiring is suspected to have caused the deadly South Korean hospital fire that killed dozens and injured more than 150, police said, as public anger grows over the country’s worst fire disaster in a decade.
The huge blaze that erupted at the hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang on Friday killed at least 38 people including 35 patients – most of them elderly women – and three medical staff.
Authorities are still investigating the exact cause of the fire but preliminary on-site inspection has suggested possible defects in the wiring in the first-floor ceiling of what used to be an office pantry.
“There were no traces of burns on the floor, but clear signs of fire spreading towards the bottom from the top,” an official told a joint press briefing on Saturday evening.
“All the wires will be collected from the ceiling for a detailed analysis,” the official said, a process which may take more than two weeks.
