Very bad development. In western media it write "tunnel" but it is not underground tunnel. It is a covered overpass road.
A fire broke out in a covered overpass of an expressway in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring nearly 40 others.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/12/281_342640.html
This accident shows the importance of not using flammable materials in tunnel construction. I think the contractors and the project owners have miserably failed in this case. They have built a nice looking covered rood which would burst into flames when two vehicles collides.
Who were the contractors by the way?
@Carlos I don't know contractors. Today all such structures and sound walls are suspect in Korea.
5명의 사망자가 발생한 경기 과천시 제2경인고속도로 방음터널 화재를 두고 ‘안전 불감증’이 가져온 ‘인재’라는 지적이 끊이지 않고 있다. 화재에 취약한 플라스틱 소재가 쓰인 방음터널에 대한 경고가 잇따랐지만, 관련 당국이 귀를 닫았기 때문이다. 발화원인 5t 폐기물 운반용 트...
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At least 5 dead in Gwacheon overpass fire
www.koreatimes.co.krA fire broke out in a covered overpass of an expressway in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring nearly 40 others.