Sprinklers were not working during an electric car fire in an apartment building in Incheon.

The Incheon Fire Department is conducting a joint investigation with related agencies on a fire in an electric vehicle parked in an underground parking lot of an apartment building in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, around 6:15 a.m. on August 1, 2024/News 1
In the case of the electric car fire in the underground parking lot of an apartment building in Incheon, it was found that the sprinkler, a basic fire extinguishing facility, was not working.

The Incheon Fire Department announced on the 6th that as a result of an internal investigation related to an electric car fire in the first parking lot of an apartment in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, no the sprinkler worked.

A sprinkler is a basic building fire extinguishing device that automatically sprays water when it detects heat through sensors at the start of a fire.

Therefore, the fire department is investigating with the relevant company as to why the sprinkler did not work. The exact results will be announced as early as the 7th.

It happened around 6:15 am on the 1st in a German Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle that was parked in the first parking lot in Cheongna Apartment.

In this regard, the location of Mr. A parking his vehicle in the general parking area of ​​the park at 7:13 pm on July 29 was confirmed through closed circuit TV (CC).

About 59 hours after Mr. A finished parking, the vehicle exploded, leaving the building’s electrical wiring and water pipes down, forcing about 400 residents to live in temporary housing facilities.

The day before, the police, together with the National Forensic Service and the fire department, carried out a joint investigation to determine the cause of the fire ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​front-end: move to a safe place and transport. additional study.

(Incheon = News 1)