Fire in Taegu subway
KCNA
Pyongyang, February 20 (KCNA) -- At least 130 people were killed in a fire in Taegu subway, South Korea on the morning of February 18, according to South Korean KBS.
The fire started on an electric engine when pulling in Jungangro station before spreading to another engine passing by the former, thus causing big casualties.
The fire broke out when a passenger surnamed Kim sprayed inflammables on the floor from two bottles and set fire to it.
Most of the victims were reported to have been suffocated to death by smoke and noxious gas as they could not escape from the sudden fire.
This accident put the operation of the subway to a total halt.
