{"id":48893,"date":"2021-07-05T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=48893"},"modified":"2021-07-05T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T05:07:54","slug":"hyesan-residential-housing-complex-set-alight-after-gas-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-residential-housing-complex-set-alight-after-gas-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyesan residential housing complex set alight after gas explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A gas explosion set off a major fire recently at a residential housing complex in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. This is the second gas-related fire in the area since last August.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Yanggang Province on July 1, the explosion took place at 1 PM on June 27 due to a gas (liquified petroleum gas, LPG) leak at the home of a man in his 40s, surnamed Choi, in the Hyegang District of Hyesan. More than 20 homes were engulfed by powerful flames caused by the explosion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area has a large number of two-story buildings divided into small apartments (called \u201charmonica houses\u201d in North Korea). The close proximity of each apartment in these complexes has created the opportunity for small fires to turn into conflagrations in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/explosions-hyesan-kill-nine-injure-at-least-30\/\">Just like in August<\/a>, the local fire department failed to arrive at the scene until two hours after the fire began &#8211; and after local residents had already subdued the blaze.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45905\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45905 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Capture-explosions-hyesan-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"hyesan\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Capture-explosions-hyesan-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Capture-explosions-hyesan.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video capture of explosions in Hyesan on Aug. 3, 2020. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While North Korean authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-officials-apologize-failure-respond-explosions\/\">did apologize for responding late<\/a> to the fire last August, the fire department\u2019s failure to respond promptly this time suggests that the authorities have not taken concrete steps to improve response times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the incident did not cause any casualties, the 20 or so houses affected by the fire have suffered extensive damage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was impossible to retrieve anything &#8211; clothing, food, or other possessions &#8211; due to the violent flames, so [the victims] ended up on the streets,\u201d the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. \u201cDespite these circumstances, [the authorities] have yet to provide them with emergency essentials, like food or blankets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in January, North Korean authorities forced people to take up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-hands-out-home-family-property-insurance-cards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201chome and family property insurance,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offering to provide them with compensation for incidents involving fires or explosions, or natural weather events, such as floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose who suffered property damage this time around are preparing to claim their compensation in accordance with their \u2018insurance agreements,\u2019\u201d the source said. Based on the terms and conditions of these agreements, people paying an annual premium of KPW 4,000 can be provided up to KPW 1 million in compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Kyungmin Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%ed%98%9c%ec%82%b0%ec%84%9c-%eb%98%90-%ea%b0%80%ec%8a%a4-%ed%8f%ad%eb%b0%9c-%ed%99%94%ec%9e%ac-%ec%82%ac%ea%b3%a0-20%ec%97%ac-%ec%84%b8%eb%8c%80-%eb%b6%88%ea%b8%b8-%eb%8d%ae\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gas explosion set off a major fire recently at a residential housing complex in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. 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