“Mom, I think I’m going to die now”… ‘Bucheon hotel fire’ last call ‘sobbing’

On the morning of the 23rd, a fire official ​​​​enters the fire scene ​​​​for a joint investigation at a hotel in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, where a fire broke out​​ ​​the previous day / Photo = Yonhap News The last phone call of a woman in her 20s who died in a Bucheon hotel fire with her mother has been revealed.

According to Yonhap News on the 23rd, the funeral home of Mr. Kim (28, female), who died in a fire​​​​ that occurred at a hotel in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do in the evening the previous evening, was prepared at a funeral hall St. Mary’s Hospital Bucheon.

Ms. Kim visited a Bucheon hotel the day before with her boyfriend, whom she promised to marry, and was found in a state of cardiac arrest in the room she was taken to the hospital, but eventually died.

Kim’s mother is said to have been sobbing and beating her chest as if her emotions were breaking down as she listened to her daughter’s last voice on her cell phone. Mr Kim called his mother at 7:40pm the day before. It was only about 6 minutes after the fire broke out in room 810 right in front.

Mr. Kim’s mother expressed despair, saying, “I got a call saying there was a fire and I had to take shelter in the bathroom in the room. Then, at 7:57, I got another call. I can’t believe this is the last call.”

In his last phone call, Mr. Kim said, “I don’t think the paramedics will come. I feel like I’m going to die. I don’t think I can breathe in 5 minutes,” and “Hang up for now.” At the same time, he left a will-like request to his mother, saying , “I’ll ask you a favor first. Don’t hold a funeral and throw away everything, including the diary I wrote.

A hotel in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do where a fire broke out the day before on the morning of the 23rd / Photo = Yonhap News The day before the accident happened, it was his father’s birthday ‘ there, and so according to reports Mr. Kim sent a congratulatory message through Caol-symrah. The father said, “I can’t believe I have to prepare an ancestral ritual record for my daughter.”

Kim’s mother expressed her grief, saying her daughter’s life could have been saved if the police and fire authorities had responded to the fire sooner. soon He said, “My daughter told me exactly what floor the fire was on, but there was no ladder truck on the scene. It wasn’t important that the fire department arrived quickly, but what was important the floor the fire was extinguished.”

This fire started at a hotel in Bucheon at 7:34pm the day before, killing 7 people and injuring 12. Although the fire did not spread throughout the building, hotel, the damage was extensive because poisonous gases spread quickly inside and sprinklers were not installed in the rooms.

Seong Jin-woo, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]