Police officers, firefighters and professionals from the National Forensic Service conduct a joint inspection to identify the precise cause of a fire at a hotel in Namdong District in Incheon on Monday morning.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is expected to cut next year's budget for firefighters' psychological support, even as more and more emergency workers complain of traumatic stress.
The special police investigation team said Thursday it plans to apply for an arrest warrant for Choi Seong-beom, chief of the Yongsan Fire Station, for his suspected role in the botched response to the Itaewon crowd crush.
The police questioned Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan Police Precinct, and Choi Seong-beom, chief of the Yongsan Fire Station, on Monday about the Itaewon Halloween tragedy.
The ground at a sewage pipe reinforcement site in the city of Yangju in Gyeonggi gave way Friday morning, leaving one person dead, according to Yangju Fire Station.
Actors Kim Rae-won, Son Ho-jun and Gong Seung-yeon will star in upcoming SBS drama series “The Police Station Next to the Fire Station.” The series is set to begin airing on Nov 11. The narrative revolves around teamwork between the real-life hero...
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