Faulty Pipe and Lack of Alarm Causes Death of Three Students in Gangneung
Another example of the poor safety culture in South Korea:
Police said Wednesday that they had found a ventilation defect in a gas boiler at a holiday home in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, tentatively concluding that carbon monoxide poisoning killed three high school students and left seven unconscious the day before.
Korea Times
During an investigation of the two-story property, police tested the gas-powered boiler and found that its ventilation pipe emitted a high level of fumes.
The test came after police set up an ad-hoc investigation headquarters and inspected the vacation home. They found that the gas boiler’s ventilation pipe was not properly connected and this was the probable cause of the incident.
This backed up an earlier finding that the level of carbon monoxide in the students’ room was 155 parts per million (ppm), well above the standard 20 ppm.
In examining the three dead students, pathologists found that the carbon monoxide levels in their blood were far above the fatal level, adding no other toxic substances were detected.
“We conducted combustion tests repeatedly and found that the boiler emitted a large quantity of exhaust fumes from the faulty pipe,” said a police officer, adding investigators plan to do more tests on the boiler jointly with the National Forensic Service (NFS) and the Korea Gas Safety Corp.
In addition, there was no alarm system for gas leaks at the vacation home ― although this was not illegal.
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This leads me to question my vacation plans…
Insert smile here.
where was commie moon ❓ why didn”t he save the children ❓
Commie Moon only sent the Minister of Health to Gangneung. We need to check his Blue House guest and phone records for dereliction of duty.