Terrible Fire in Icheon

by Robert Koehler on January 8, 2008

Some 40 people are dead following an explosion and fire at a cold storage warehouse in Icheon. The dead reportedly included a large number of ethnic Koreans from China. Terrible tragedy.

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1 Breaktrack January 8, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Saw it on the news last night. It’s really sad.

2 boshintang January 8, 2008 at 5:30 pm

I don’t know why this wasn’t in French news, but I saw it on CNN. I wonder if the 13 foreign workers were legal, or if certain safety measures were ignored.

3 Herod January 8, 2008 at 6:15 pm

Note how this time the foreigners are being referred to as 중국 동포 and not as 외국인.

4 boshintang January 9, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Just like I predicted:

“They must have either ignored security regulations, or failed to receive basic security lessons,” said Kim Sang-Bong, fire service chief in the nearby city of Gwangju.

Still don’t know why this wasn’t in the French news.

5 dda January 9, 2008 at 5:53 pm

Still don’t know why this wasn’t in the French news.

Better things to report maybe? Do they even know/care where Icheon is?

Besides, it was on TV 5.

6 boshintang January 13, 2008 at 7:40 am

But who in France watches TV5 for news?

And why do you have a French flag when you’re living in Hong Kong?

7 judge judy January 13, 2008 at 11:24 am

That’s the second fire within a few months in the Icheon area. The last one at a CJ warehouse took a couple of lives as well.

8 dda January 13, 2008 at 2:53 pm

But who in France watches TV5 for news?

It is broadcast in France on and off, in alternance with ARTE. I remember watching it when I missed the news, because TV5 broadcasts the France 2 news an hour later or so. But yeah, not the most watched channel.

And why do you have a French flag when you’re living in Hong Kong?

Something I have commented upon a few times. And I can repeat it again: I can see Chek Lap Kok from my window. I am a PCCW subscriber. So someone’s database of IP addresses is skewed. Or screwed.

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