Letter to the EditorInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health

Publication:
Fire safety measures in subway: lessons from past disaster

Int J Community Med Public Health. 2016;3(6):1681.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161649

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Abstract

On February 18, 2003, major catastrophe happened in Daegu, South Korea. 192 people were dead and 151 were injured from subway fire that one man carried out arson inside train.Inadequate emergency equipment and wrong disaster plan lead to many victims.

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan, South Korea

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