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	Queen For A Year: Daegu Subway Fire
		Smoke being visible on their closed-circuit television monitors, subway officials radioed the operator of train 1080, Choi Sang-yeol, advising him to proceed with caution because there was a fire in the station.
		Daegu subway trains were not equipped with fire extinguishers, and the stations lacked sprinklers and emergency lighting.
		Over 1,300 fire and emergency personnel responded and the fire itself was extinguished around 1:25 p.m.; however, the toxicity of the smoke prevented them from entering the station for another three and a half hours.
	queenforayear.blogspot.com /2006/02/daegu-subway-fire.html (2359 words)

	Daegu Summary
		Daegu is the largest city in the northern Yeongnam region.
		Today, Daegu is the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Korea with respect to both population and commerce.
		Daegu is served by Daegu Airport (international/domestic) located in northeastern Daegu, and also by the KTX highspeed train at Dongdaegu Station, which was opened in 2004.
	www.bookrags.com /Daegu (2238 words)

	Anger at Korean subway fire
		Fire spread quickly, engulfing the train's other five carriages and a second, six-carriage train that arrived at the station after the blaze began.
		It is reported that no sprinklers were installed in the Daegu station, and that its power system automatically shut down when the fire began, leaving those trying to escape in darkness.
		Daegu - about 200 kilometres (125 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul - is South Korea's third largest city and was one of the host cities for last year's football World Cup.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/February/bbc190203a.htm (494 words)

	USATODAY.com - Police seek arrests in S. Korean subway fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Police said Saturday they will seek the arrest of several subway officials for negligence in a devastating subway train fire that killed at least 133 people in South Korea's third-largest city.
		The driver of the train that first caught fire is being eyed for failure to report the fire to subway authorities quickly enough, Yoon said.
		The conductor told police he thought that the doors were open as fire engulfed the cars and that passengers had evacuated, so he took the key used to control the doors and fled to safety.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-02-22-skorea-subway_x.htm (621 words)

	Daegu
		Today, Daegu is the 4th largest metropolitan area in Korea with respect to both population and commerce.
		Daegu is known in Korea as a socially and politically conservative city.
		Daegu is served by Daegu Airport (international/domestic) located in northeastern Daegu, and also by the KTX highspeed train at Dongdaegu Station, which was re-opened in 2004 after extensive renovations.
	www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Daegu.html (3113 words)

	Case Studies: Historical Fires: Daegu Subway Station Fire, South Korea
		A subway train was set on fire with gasoline, destroying two trains and causing large casualties of 192 deaths and 148 injuries at Jungangno Station.
		The subway station is a reinforced concrete structure with three basements as shown in Figure 1.
		However, it was reported that, except the Daegu Subway, the replacement of the flammable interiors to fire proof materials progressed slowly in other subway systems in Korea due to the budget constraints.
	www.mace.manchester.ac.uk /project/research/structures/strucfire/CaseStudy/HistoricFires/InfrastructuralFires/default.htm (1188 words)

	USATODAY.com - Man accused in S. Korean train fire was suicidal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — A man accused of igniting the fire that engulfed two South Korean subway trains and killed at least 125 people was attempting to commit suicide, police said Wednesday.
		One officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the fire crippled the subway communication system, and authorities apparently could not warn the second train —; on which many of the deaths took place.
		Subway officials in Seoul, the capital, said on Wednesday that they would install emergency lighting, increase the number of exit signs, make car interiors flame resistant and heighten security in the wake of Tuesday's accident.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-02-19-korea-train-fire_x.htm (883 words)

	Print Results
		Throughout the day, hundreds of anxious onlookers gathered near the entrances of the Jungangno subway station, harbouring hopes that their loved ones were among the roughly 140 survivors who were admitted to area hospitals suffering from serious burns and smoke inhalation.
		The fire quickly ignited the six-car train's seat fabric and floor tiles, officials said, then jumped to a train that was entering the station on the opposite tracks.
		Daegu, one of the 10 World Cup soccer venues last year, is the third-largest city in South Korea, with a population of 2.5 million.
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~ygkim/daegu1.htm (718 words)

	Inadequate safety planning produces South Korean subway disaster (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the morning of February 18, a fire in the subway in the South Korean city of Daegu rapidly turned into one of the world’s worst subway disasters.
		The fire was lit by Kim Dae-hwan, a 56-year-old man, who boarded the subway with a small vessel containing petrol and a cigarette lighter.
		Daegu’s 29-station one-line subway system was built in 1997, a year before the introduction of national safety standards for subway train interiors.
	www.wsws.org.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/2003/feb2003/daeg-f24.shtml (1281 words)

	INSIDE JoongAng Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The fire spread to all the cars of the train and then jumped to another six-car train that had stopped on the opposite track.
		Kim survived the fire and was detained as an arson suspect.
		Experts say that fires are a risk on Korean subway trains, because fireproof materials are not used, and materials on the trains, when ignited, easily release strong poisonous gases.
	joongangdaily.joins.com /200302/19/200302190206119809900090409041.html (590 words)

	CNN.com - Police probe subway 'cover up' - Feb. 21, 2003
		South Korean police are investigating whether human error may have doubled the death toll in Tuesday's fire at a subway station in Daegu, and if an attempt was made to cover it up.
		The fire spread rapildy through the six-car train, engulfing a second train that was permitted to pull into the station moments later.
		"Subway officials and experts said that the doors could close if the master key is removed," Cho Doo-won, the Daegu police official heading the investigation, told a news conference on Friday.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/21/skorea.subway (558 words)

	CNN.com - Fears S. Korea subway toll will rise - Feb. 18, 2003
		The death toll in South Korea's subway fire tragedy is expected to rise as rescue workers scour the site for more victims of the inferno.
		Police suspect the fire was an arson attack and they are questioning a 46-year-old man witnesses say got onto a subway train, carrying a fl bag with a plastic container inside.
		Dozens of fire engines rushed to the scene and ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals across the city.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/18/skorea.fire/index.html (609 words)

	Daegu subway fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The operator of the train failed to notify subway officials immediately of the fire.
		The first I knew of the fire was when I was walking with a friend to get some coffee at the MacDonald's near the station.
		A few weeks after the fire the station was opened to the public and many people scrawled messages and names in the soot still on the walls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daegu_subway_fire (1353 words)

	At least 134 dead in subway fire - smh.com.au
		A 57-year-old man, who was suspected of setting the fire, was taken into custody for questioning, said a police officer at Jungbu police station in central Daegu.
		Daegu Police station chief Suh Hyon-Soo said that the suspect was believed to be mentally ill.
		Firefighters and police with oxygen tanks and wearing breathing apparatus were seen carrying the injured on stretchers from the smoke-filled underground subway station.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/18/1045330600847.html (599 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| S Korea subway fire kills 120
		Authorities say firefighters have reached two burnt-out carriages of the train containing the remains of about 70 people, which is in addition to the 50 or so bodies already recovered.
		As the fire spread through the six-carriage train, a second train that had halted in the station also caught fire.
		Daegu Mayor Cho Hae-Nyong said the corpses were "all in a state of being difficult to identify".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2774203.stm (460 words)

	Korea subway fire toll hits 182
		Previously, it was thought 133 people had died after the blaze which gutted two underground trains in the city of Daegu was that 133 had died.
		Daegu municipal government has dismissed the president of the Daegu Subway Corporation.
		Six subway system officials and the driver of the second train have also been arrested for alleged negligence.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/February/bbc260203b.htm (239 words)

	Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Society & The Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Police in Daegu said on March 4 they have arrested the suspected arsonist and seven subway officials in connection with last month's arson attack on a Daegu subway train that spread to a second train and left at least 198 people dead.
		Police said in a briefing about the Feb. 18 fire that their probe now focuses on whether the managerial staff of the subway authorities masterminded the suspected destruction of evidence.
		Three officials at the traffic control center were arrested on suspicion of neglecting their duties, especially in regard to observing closed-circuit monitors and coping with the emergency properly.
	kn.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2003/03/22/200303220039.asp (337 words)

	Subway Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Daegu subway fire - The Daegu subway fire of February 18, 2003 killed at least 198 people and injured at least 147.
		Brooks traces the development of the subway from its inception as the newest subway train and most efficient public transportation system to its decline as an overcrowded subway train and dangerous part of city life.
		The New York subway system lacks the electronic complexity of such modern operations as the Washington Metro or San Francisco's BART, subway train and New Yorkers have few qualms in admitting that theirs is not the world's most beautiful subway.
	www.vertegri.com /subwaytrain.html (838 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Subway Fire Kills at Least 130
		Fire swept through two crowded trains and toxic fumes billowed down subway tunnels after a passenger reportedly ignited a milk carton or a small box filled with some kind of flammable material, possibly paint thinner, and threw it onto one of the trains.
		The fire spread quickly, burning some victims beyond recognition while others, including passengers standing outside the trains on the subway platform, died of smoke inhalation.
		Daegu is the third largest city in South Korea with a population of 2.5 million.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/subway_02-18-03.html (257 words)

	Korea Railroad Research Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fire tests were conducted within the tilting train carbody made of composite material on January 12 and 13 respectively at Hankuk Fiber plant in Milyang, southeast of Korea.
		The first test was to ensure the safety of the car body that the composite material had been used while the second one was for the interior materials in the event of fire.
		Both tests were implemented under the identical conditions of the Daegu subway fire accident that occurred in 2003 in order to analyze fire propagation, temperature and heat damage of the car body and interior materials.
	www.krri.re.kr /krri/news/20060214/1_3121.html (229 words)

	Fire - Alert Tone Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fire is the phenomenon of combustion as seen in light, flame, and heat.
		In ancient Greece and later, fire was considered one of the four basic elements, a substance from which all things were composed.
		The belief that fire is sacred is widespread in mythology, and such beliefs have survived in some highly developed cultures.
	g.msn.com /9SE/1?http://www.alertonefire.com/historic_fires.html&&DI=6244&IG=51f74fbf4fe443ab9fddc0154b27ddfd&POS=5&CM=WPU&CE=5&CS=AWP&SR=5 (332 words)

	UTU: News
		The fire started in one six-car train at a station, igniting seats and spreading to another train also stopped at the station, officials said.
		Authorities said that the fire was put out by 1 p.m., about three hours after it started, but toxic gas in the tunnel delayed rescue efforts, the Yonhap news agency said.
		The unidentified man told YTN that he had called subway officials and they were unaware of the fire at the time.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=5726 (841 words)

	Worldandnation: Police seek arrests of subway officials in fire
		DAEGU, South Korea -- Police said Saturday they will seek the arrest of several subway officials for negligence in a devastating subway train fire that killed at least 133 people in South Korea's third-largest city.
		The driver of the train that first caught fire is being investigated for failure to report the fire to subway authorities quickly enough, Yoon said.
		The tanks, accompanied by attack helicopters, headed for the center of town, firing on a house and blocking all access roads as soldiers imposed a curfew, witnesses said.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/02/23/Worldandnation/Police_seek_arrests_o.shtml (670 words)

	Jung-gu (Daegu) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It borders most of the other districts of Daegu, including Nam-gu to the south, Seo-gu to the west, Buk-gu to the north, and Dong-gu and Suseong-gu to the east.
		Daegu Subway Line 3 will also pass through the district when it is completed.
		Many historical incidents in the history of Daegu took place in the district, including the recent Daegu subway fire and the February 28th movement calling for the end of the autocratic Rhee regime in 1960.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jung-gu_(Daegu) (319 words)

	Subway fire toll rises much higher
		South Korean authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll from the subway fire last week to 190 after forensic experts sifting through the fine-grained ash in the twisted wreckage of two subway trains found evidence that perhaps as many as 50 more people had been killed than had been originally estimated.
		Yoon Jin Tae, president of the Daegu Subway Corp., was dismissed Wednesday for errors in the investigation.
		Chung said the fire spread quickly in the insulation between the layers of aluminum that form the shell of the cars, the vinyl and plastic materials in seat cushions and strap handles, and heavy plastic matting on the floors.
	www.iht.com /articles/2003/02/27/seoul.php (537 words)

	Attempted arson on subway in Daegu at Lost Nomad
		Police detained a male passenger on Saturday for attempting to mount an arson attack on a subway in the central South Korean city of Daegu, causing subway operations to be briefly interrupted.
		Apparently he poured gasoline the length of a subway car and set it alight (whie the train was in motion) and killed about 30 people (himself included).
		since the daegu subway fire a few years ago, which about 200 died, i only remember one fire which some guy started on the subway, and an ajumma suffered some burns trying to put it out.
	www.lostnomad.org /?p=1860 (447 words)

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