Posted on 08/05/2020 3:36:12 PM PDT by Signalman
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A gas explosion in a North Korean city across the China border may have injured dozens of people and killed several others, according to multiple South Korean news services.
The explosion occurred about 6:10 p.m. Monday in the city of Hyesan, South Korean news service Daily NK reported Wednesday.
The cause of the accident was likely a gas explosion that took place in a multi-family residential building in the Tapsong district of Hyesan. Homes built side by side, referred to as "harmonica housing," were destroyed in a chain reaction of explosions, a North Korea-based source told Daily NK on Tuesday.
"All possessions stored within the homes are gone," the source said.
Other reports suggest the explosion was caused by a gas leak in one of the homes. South Korean news service Seoul Pyongyang News reported Wednesday more than 10 people were killed and 30 others were seriously injured, quoting a source familiar with the city. Daily NK reported 15 deaths by Wednesday.
North Korean authorities did not take action in response to the mishap, and no fire trucks were dispatched to the site, according to Daily NK. Residents instead took matter into their own hands but took more than an hour to put out the fire, the report says.
Authorities blamed residents for "carelessness." They also inquired whether locals were able to save portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il that typically hang inside North Korean homes. North Koreans have been banned from taking pictures of the incident on their camera phones, according to Daily NK.
Seoul unification ministry spokesman Yoh Sang-key said Wednesday at a regular press briefing the accident may be related to a gasoline or liquefied petroleum gas explosion, and that the government is investigating the incident, Newsis reported.
Too much kimchi.
Too much kimchi.
Or an Osha accident?
No authorities came to the rescue. Reminds me of Benghazi.
Or, perhaps someone just gave Kim Jong Uncola a little “Friendly Reminder”?
Just wow.
Best Korea does not make mistakes. Entire golf games hole in one. Bowling perfect 300. This was someone else’s problem.
Lots of odd explosions recently.
Swamp gas from a weather balloon reflecting off of Venus..
Splodey Boom Ping.
Things blowing up all over.
Many homes destroyed, and possibly many injured and dead, and authorities want to know, did they save their pictures of Kim Il Sung??? That’s the major question here???
Bingo
Is it just me, or does the massive explosions occurring in the homelands and cities of some of our most intractable enemies seem a little, un-coincidental?
Iran, North Korea, Chinese ships, Beirut, and where will this occur tomorrow?
[Lots of odd explosions recently.]
I was thinking that too. Lotsa stuff blowing up. In certain places.
Another gas explosion....
Jerry Nadler could have warned them: “Be careful eating all those beans. Personal experience.”
Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles to the cowhand asking for more beans: You’ve had enough!
Seal team 6?
Maybe Space Force is active...
“Iran, North Korea, Chinese ships, Beirut, and where will this occur tomorrow?”
Could we get lucky enough to have an explosion in, say, D.C.? Maybe a mansion in Whitehaven or possibly Chappaqua, New York? ;)
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