"Fire at Daegu apartment building, suspected explosion of insecticide next to the burner that used to boil beef bone soup"

Yesterday (2nd), an investigation found that the cause of the apartment fire in Hwanggeum-dong, Daegu, appears to be a spray-type pesticide explosion, not butane gas.

After the joint inspection this morning (3rd), the police said that the butane gas can did not explode at the scene and that they found traces of spray-type pesticides exploding.

At that time, on the veranda of the house on fire, they were boiling gomtang with a portable burner, and the spray-type insecticide was said to have been placed next to the burner.

Police believe that the burner is overheated, but the butane gas cylinder did not burst due to the safety device.

Fire authorities estimated that the fire caused 165 million won in property damage, including 48 apartment units being burned by smoke.