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Special Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency, which is investigating the Itaewon disaster, seized and searched the National Fire Agency.
At the time of the disaster, the police believe that public documents have been manipulated, just as the fire department launched a temporary organization for emergency rescue.
This news is reporter Ha Jung-yeon.
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Yesterday (25th), the Special Investigation Headquarters seized and searched the fire department at the Sejong Government Complex.
Six locations, including the 119 General Situation Room and Response General Department of the National Fire Agency at the Sejong Government Complex, were targeted for seizure and search by the Special Investigation Headquarters.
In the special edition, 22 investigators were put in to secure documents and electronic information related to the Itaewon disaster.
The search and seizure of the National Fire Administration was conducted because the special edition caught the suspicion that public documents related to the response to the Itaewon disaster were falsely prepared.
It was covered as related to the operation of the Central Emergency Rescue Control Group, which is temporarily organized by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency when a disaster situation occurs.
The Central Emergency Rescue Control Group plays the role of overseeing emergency medical resources dispatched to disaster sites.
The special version believes that even though the control group was not activated at the time of the disaster, the meeting was held and the document was manipulated as if it were activated.
The cell phones and business records of the officials were also secured through a search and seizure, and one employee was charged with creating and holding false public documents.
In this regard, the National Fire Agency refuted that the Central Emergency Rescue Control Group was operating properly at the time of the disaster.
It is said that the control group was in operation because of the Goesan earthquake that occurred on the morning of the disaster, and that it was taken over and expanded after the Itaewon disaster occurred.
It seems that the special investigation is expanding beyond the Yongsan Fire Station and the Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters to the Fire Administration.