"Screaming and Collapsing" Electrocution at Sejong Bathhouse... Three Women in Their 70s Injured or Dead (Comprehensive Report 2)

Police: "Electricity Seems to Have Flowed into the Hot Water Bath"

In the early morning of the 24th, three women in their 70s were electrocuted at a bathhouse in Sejong City and were transported to the hospital in cardiac arrest, but two of them died.

According to Sejong City and Sejong Police Agency, at around 5:37 a.m. that day, A and B (both 71) and C (70) collapsed screaming while in the hot water bath at a women's bathhouse located in the basement level 1 of a motel building in Jukrim-ri, Jochiwon-eup. Another woman in the changing room saw this and called 119.

There were several other people in the women's bath at the time, but only the three who entered the hot water bath were affected.

The fire department, which arrived at the scene, urgently transported those in cardiac arrest to the hospital. A and B, who were moved to Chungbuk National University Hospital and Cheongju Hana Hospital, died, and C, who was transferred to Sejong Chungnam National University Hospital, is in critical condition. It is understood that the three were not acquaintances.

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The police, fire department, and Korea Electrical Safety Corporation believe they were electrocuted. A police official said, "It appears that electricity flowed into the hot water bath," and added, "We plan to conduct a detailed investigation to determine the cause of the electrical leakage."

Sejong City plans to inspect the electrical safety of about 20 bathhouses in the area in response to this accident.

The building where the accident occurred is a basement 1 floor and 3 floors above ground structure, approved for use in December 1984. The basement 1 floor has the women's bath, the ground 1st floor has the counter and men's bath, and the 2nd and 3rd floors have been used as a motel.

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