"I turned off the alarm when the fire broke out".Bucheon Hotel fire is 'talent'

Police announce the final results of the Bucheon Hotel fire investigation today
Hotel staff turn off alarms without checking fire
It takes 2 minutes and 24 seconds to turn the alarm back on...delayed evacuation

[Anchor]
A police investigation found that the casualties increased when a hotel employee turned off the fire alarm during the Bucheon Hotel fire in Gyeonggi-do, which caused 19 casualties.

It was also confirmed that the hotel managed the air conditioning wires of the rooms where the fire started and left the usual hallway fire door open.

I'll connect with the reporter and find out. Reporter Jeong Hyeonwoo!

[Reporter]
Yes, I'm Jung Hyun-woo.

[Anchor]
The results of the police investigation came out 40 days after the fire broke out, so please explain.

[Reporter]
Yes, the police today announced the results of the Bucheon Hotel fire investigation, which left 7 people dead and 12 others injured.

When the fire broke out, the fire alarm was activated, and the hotel staff turned off the alarm without checking whether it was a fire.

Police said it took 2 minutes and 24 seconds for the employee to witness the fire on the eighth floor and turn the alarm back on.

Police explain that if the alarm was not turned off, five dead people could have been evacuated before the so-called "blackout," where visibility is blocked by smoke.

In addition, the room door was opened because there was no automatic closing device, and the hallway fire door was also fixed with a bundle of bottled water, so fire and smoke spread greatly.

The police analyzed that the fire started on the front of the air conditioner in the room.

He explained that although the room air conditioner replacement work was carried out in 2018, he continued to use old wires instead of changing all wires.

He pointed out that while connecting a new wire to an existing wire, he wrapped insulating tape without a safety device to finish the work poorly.

It has also been confirmed that the hotel left the wiring work without it, even after hearing the repair engineer's explanation that there may be a problem with the wires.

The police today requested an arrest warrant for four people, including the hotel owner and the operator's employee, in consultation with professional negligence.

[Anchor]
Yes, two people died when the air mat flipped over at the time, how did the fire department judge responsibility?

[Reporter]
Yes.

Police said the point where the air mat was installed at the time was a curved entrance to the hotel parking lot and a slope of about 7 degrees.

It was found that two people died when a woman who fell first fell to the edge of the air mat, overturning the mat and jumping off another man.

It was difficult for firefighters to enter and to hold the fire department accountable, saying that they had no choice but to install an air mat as the only way out of the room without a simple softener.

The police pointed out that there was no exact instructions for installing the mat and that there was only one installation personnel at the time.

We will notify related agencies of improvements in the operation of fire rescue equipment identified in the investigation.

I'm Jeong Hyeonwoo of YTN from the Ministry of Social Affairs.