Everyone must pay attention to safety!
Just a few hours ago, a large-scale stampede occurred in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea, and the casualties were estimated to be serious!
Halloween is approaching, and an excessive number of people are gathered in Itaewon .
29 at around 11:30 pm on the 29th, near the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon Center, dozens of people were crushed and trampled by the crowd, and some of them fell into cardiac arrest.
That night, the fire authorities received 81 reports from Itaewon area, all of whom said they had difficulty breathing in . So the rescuers quickly dispatched to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the road for the injured in the stampede.
Around 11:50 pm, the fire authorities issued a three-stage fire response order and added additional rescue personnel.
In addition, the fire authorities have also set up a temporary emergency medical center on Hanjiang Road near Itaewon Station, which is treating the injured. The disaster medical support team of Seoul University Hospital, Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital and Hanyang University Hospital also arrived at the scene and are rescuing the injured.
Seoul Fire Disaster Headquarters Minister also arrived at the scene and was directing the rescue, and the Minister of Administrative Security is also heading to the scene.
police issued emergency measures to set up an investigation headquarters on the scene, and at the same time, the Seoul Police Department Director Kim Kwang-ho went to the scene to command.
According to the fire authorities, the earliest supposed accident report time was around 10:15 pm, and the incident occurred at the alley area next to the Hamilton Hotel 173-7 Itaewon Road, Longshan District.
According to the police, more than 100,000 people gathered in Itaewon that day. After a large-scale injury accident in Itaewondong, Seoul Mayor Wu Sehoon , who was on a business trip in Europe, embarked on a road back to China.
Mayor Wu listened to the wired report of Fire Disaster Minister Choi Tae-young on the current situation of the accident in Itaewon while on the schedule for overseas travel in Rotterdam, Netherlands that day, and immediately interrupted the schedule and returned home.
Mayor Wu asked when talking to the first deputy mayor of the administration: "Please set up an accident handling headquarters as soon as possible and do your best to deal with the accident quickly." Mayor Wu plans to handle the accident and conduct on-site command immediately after returning to China.
Yong Seok-yeol President also came to the Presidential Office Building in the early morning and presided over an emergency inspection meeting at the Crisis Management Center.
It is reported that the situation inspection meeting is discussing the situation report on the Itaewon accident site and countermeasures to quickly clean up the situation. Secretary-General Kim Dae-ki, National Affairs Status Director Han Wuxie, and Propaganda Chief Kim Eun-hye all attended the situation inspection meeting.
As of 0:23 am on the 30th, more than 100 cardiac arrest had been suspected of being killed or injured. Firefighters said: "Double people are undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and there are too many casualties and cannot be confirmed. It is estimated that there are about 100 people."
The current confirmed casualties are - 59 deaths and 150 injuries, and the number of casualties is still increasing.
At the same time, after the stampede accident, many people were still singing and dancing in front of the ambulance, and the scene was hard to say...
Follow-up casualties in Itaewon stampede accident. The editor will update it in the comment area. Finally, remind all compatriots in South Korea to try to avoid places with excessive traffic even on holidays and pay attention to safety!
