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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.4.086

Analysis of Causes of Casualties in Jecheon Sports Center Fire - Focus on Structural Factors of Building and Equipment -  

Lee, Eui-Pyeong (Dept. of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
Publication Information
Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.4, 2018 , pp. 86-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
A sports center fire in Jecheon caused 29 deaths and 40 injuries. This study focused only on the structural factors of the building and equipment to investigate the causes of casualties based on the fire investigation results at the sports center. The structural factors of the building and equipment were a piloti-type parking lot, lack of a fire compartment between the piloti-type parking lot and lobby, lack of an installed sprinkler system, lack of an installed fire door in the main stairs on the $1^{st}$ floor, lack of an installed fire water tank on the rooftop, an installed pocket fire door in the main entrance on the $2^{nd}$ floor, poor fire compartments in an EPS space and a pipe pit and on each floor, a leak in the joint of a drain pipe, plywood installed in the hoistway of the freight elevator and interior wall, illegal remodeling of a closed rooftop structure, which cannot discharge smoke and heat, installed styrofoam insulation in the inside of the parking lot ceiling, an installed tempered glass window, which cannot be opened in the ladies bathroom on the $2^{nd}$ floor, and a finished dryvit exterior wall.
Keywords
Jaecheon sports center fire; Fire investigation; Fire case analysis; Catastrophic fire;
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