Five at least people Dozens were reported killed more After a bus was injured truck crash caused huge fire in a highway tunnel on outskirts of the city of The capital of South Korea, Seoul on Thursday.
Pictures of the scene in Sweetened media It showed huge flames and columns of smoking rising Hundreds of tunnels of Firefighters fought to control the fire.
the fire It started when a bus hit me with a truck around 1:50 p.m. (4:50 a.m. GMT) in Highway tunnel in Guachon, that official in Gwacheon fire Management told AFP (AFP).
The elevated tunnel designed To protect the surrounding buildings from noise of The road, quickly swept in Flames and pictures in Sweetened media show up.
Firefighters got the fire under control official He said.
“We are searching inside the tunnel in Issue of additional losses official added.
After saying that at the beginning six people He was killed, the authorities checked down the death death toll to five, with 37 people injured.
some of The patient sustained burns official He said.
Three of them suffered burns on facial areas while the rest is treated for smoke inhalation.”
Home Minister Lee Sang-min called for “maximum The resources have been deployed “to save lives,” Yonhap news agency reported.
I urge the authorities to put out the best life saving efforts of these who He didn’t run away.”
the fatal Accident comes just months after 150 peopleespecially young womenwere killed in Crush the Halloween crowd in Itaewon nightlife district.
South Korea’s rapid transformation from a poor, war-torn hinterland to the fourth largest in Asia economy A thriving democracy is a source of great national pride.
But the series of Preventable disasters – including Itaewon, the Sewol ferry sinking that claimed lives more from 300 people in 2014 – Shaken public trust.
Many South Koreans wondered if safety Standards were sidelined and regulations ignored in Rush for developmentand with long loss of Incidents leave a legacy of Bitterness and distrust.
