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http://dx.doi.org/10.15683/kosdi.2020.3.31.044

Analysis of A Gas Explosion-Related State Compensation Case  

Lee, Euipyeong (Department of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
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Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.16, no.1, 2020 , pp. 44-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed a gas explosion accident. A gas smell from a underground coffee shop in the two-story building was reported to 119. A fire brigade was turned out, turned off the main valve of LPG gas cylinder on the roof, and checked the turning off of middle valve in the coffee shop. The fire brigade required a gas supplier and gas installer who arrived at the spot to take safety actions. Gas explosion occurred seven minutes after the fire brigade was withdrawn and two people died and 21 people were injured. A court decided that because the causes for gas explosion were not found, compensation responsibility could not be charged with the gas supplier, the gas installer, or Korea Gas Safety Corporation. In this reason, the court judged that only the fire brigade who was withdrawn without taking safety actions shall compensate victims or bereaved families. Therefore, fire brigades who turn out after a 119 report of a gas leak should take safety actions such as escaping people or preventing people's access and ventilating and be withdrawn when there is no possibility of fire or explosion.
Keywords
Catastrophic Accident; Gas Explosion Accident; State Compensation; Fire Station-related State Compensation Case;
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