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Sealand Youth Training Center was a summer educational camp for young children, located near Hwaseong, South Korea. In the early morning hours of June 30, 1999, the dormitory, housing approximately 430 children and their teachers, was consumed by fire. Nineteen children and four adults perished. Eighteen of the children, including all of those sleeping in room 301, were from the Somang Kindergarten in Seoul. One child in Room 223 died.〔"(Youth Training Center Fire Incident )." ''Korea Fire Protection Association''. Retrieved on December 7, 2008.〕 Most of the victims were between five and seven years of age, and were either killed by the flames or by toxic fumes. The victims' bodies were burnt beyond recognition.〔Ahn, Y. J. "(Fire Kills 21 at South Korean Camp )." ''Associated Press''. Thursday July 1, 1999.〕 Two other children and an adult were injured.〔"(23 children killed in fire at South Korean camp )." ''CNN''. June 30, 1999.〕 ==Background== The previous year, Hwaseong Council had approved the youth center as a steel-framed reinforced-concrete one-story structure. Fifty-four cargo containers had been stacked atop the concrete base and covered with wood and corrugated iron to provide additional space.〔 The cargo containers had been given ceilings made of styrofoam, a highly flammable material which gives off toxic gas when burning. There was no fire sprinkler system, and most of the center's fire extinguishers were not working. The dormitory had two exits, both narrow stairways that hampered evacuation. Survivors said that they never heard a fire alarm.〔 Hwaseong Council inspectors carried out two safety inspections in the year prior to the blaze, and had passed the center both times. The council had approved the access road, which was too narrow to admit fire engines.〔(Youth centre fire in South Korea claims 23 lives )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sealand Youth Training Center Fire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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