Boiled beef bone soup on the veranda. "Boom"...a series of butane fires

[Anchor]
Today (2nd), there were a series of fires in apartments in Daegu and Pohang that are believed to be butane gas explosions.

Especially in Daegu, an accident occurred while boiling gomtang with a portable burner.

Reporter Kim Geun-woo covered it.

[Reporter]
A red flame rises with smoke from the apartment window.

An elevated ladder car approaches through the smoke begins to evolve by spraying water.

The fire broke out on the 15th floor of a 25-story apartment building in Geumgeum-dong, Daegu, around 9 a.m.

Twenty-one residents were evacuated, and nine were rescued after being confined to their homes.

[Resident upstairs: I wet the door with tissue and blocked it. And I heard a knock on the door, so I went out and put on an oxygen mask and came down together.]

Disposable butane gas is blamed for the fire.

On the veranda of the house where the fire broke out, it was investigated that they were boiling gomtang with a portable burner.

It is convenient, but caution is needed as it is vulnerable to heat and is prone to explosion or fire.

[Kim Jin Yeol / Daegu Suseong Fire Station Prevention and Public Relations Team: The accident is believed to have been caused by a single-use butane explosion on the 15th floor, and the exact cause will be announced through a joint investigation with related agencies]

Beyond the window, the inside of the apartment was blackened beyond recognition.

Around 11:30 a.m., a fire broke out on the fourth floor of a 12-story apartment building in Duho-dong, Pohang.

It's a hallway on the floor on fire.

The acrid smell vibrates around, and the ceilings and walls are full of soot.

Mr. A in his 60s died in the fire, and two of Mr. A's sons in their 20s suffered severe burns.

In addition, about 10 people, including neighbors, were taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke.

Police and fire authorities are paying attention to the statement that A set butane gas on fire.

[Neighbor: I heard they fought and started a fire. (Fighting, who?) Their family must have done that.]

However, the investigation is expected to take time because A died and two sons are also in serious condition.

I'm Kim Geunwoo from YTN.

Filmmaker: Jeon Dae-woong

VJ: Yun Ye-on