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Yesterday (29th), a joint inspection was held at the scene of a fire on the 2nd Gyeongin Expressway where 5 people died and more than 40 were injured.

When a fire broke out in the tunnel, it turned out that the facility that blocked the entry of cars from entering the tunnel was not functioning properly at the time of the fire.



This is Reporter Yeo Hyeon-gyo.



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All related organizations such as the police, fire, and National Institute of Scientific Investigation were mobilized for the joint fire detection in the soundproof tunnel, which lasted for four and a half hours.



Police believe the fire started in the lower right corner of the cargo area of ​​the waste collection truck.

[Yeo Woon-cheol/Chief of Scientific Investigation, Gyeonggi Southern Office: As the fire spread rapidly, vehicles



stopped and got tangled up, and it seems that the damage spread.



They were all found about 200 meters from the entrance of the tunnel.



The entry blocking facilities installed on both sides of the soundproof tunnel were also useless on one side.



It is a tunnel entrance blocking facility that must be descended in case of fire.



At the time of the accident, the entry blocking facilities in this section where many deaths occurred did not work properly.



[Second Gyeongin Expressway Official: You burned it (cable) while the car was burning.

So now the electric and communication lines are all dead, so no matter how much I press here (in the situation room), I can't do it.]



The police charged and investigated the truck driver A on charges of negligent manslaughter on the job.



Mr. A is known to have stated, "There was a fire with a bang," and "I tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher immediately after the fire started, but I evacuated because the flames could not be caught."



The Joint Investigation Headquarters plans to check whether there were any problems with the construction, maintenance, and repair of the construction company that built the soundproof tunnel and the 2nd Gyeongin Expressway, which is the main body of road management.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho · Yoon Hyung, video editing: Won-hee Won)



▶ "I just saw the light and ran because I wanted to die"...

At the time the injured person reported


▶ After considering cost-effectiveness…

Soundproofing tunnel made of 'acrylic', which is vulnerable to fire