Fire in a Kimhae Dawn Studio Apartment on 4th Floor... 20s Male Falls to Death

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] At around 4 a.m. on the 13th, a fire broke out on the 4th floor of a one-room building in Eobang-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam.

The fire burned an area of 24㎡ inside, causing property damage estimated at about 15 million won by the fire department, and was extinguished in about 25 minutes by the dispatched firefighters.

Firefighters searching for people inside and outside the building found A (29) collapsed at the entrance of the ground-level parking lot on the 1st floor outside the building. A was a resident of the one-room on the 4th floor where the fire occurred, and was found without breathing or consciousness.

The police and fire authorities believe that A died after falling while trying to escape the fire, and are investigating the cause of death and the circumstances of the fire.