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Korean soldiers lose consciousness due to gas asphyxiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen North Korean soldiers recently lost consciousness due to gas asphyxiation at a barracks of a military unit under the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korean People&#8217;s Army Air and Anti-Air Force<\/span> command, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe command headquarters, army infirmary and hospital received emergency summons,\u201d a source in the North Korean military said on Monday, adding that the incident occurred at 2 AM on Nov. 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, on the day of the incident, a soldier in the company entered the troop quarters to wake the personnel who were next on duty, but he noticed a thick fog, and the troops did not wake up no matter how much he shook them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He immediately used a landline to report the situation to the field officer of the day. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The field officer then issued an emergency, ordering<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that the unconscious soldiers be dragged out of the troop quarters and laid on their stomachs on the dirt yard in front of the building until ambulances and transport vehicles arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said metal heaters to burn briquettes or coal mixed with water were placed in each of the company\u2019s troop quarters from Oct. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, carbon dioxide produced by the burning coal leaked through a crack in the stovepipe, suffocating the sleeping soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said about 25 soldiers were sleeping in the platoon quarters where the accident occurred, and that the 16 soldiers sleeping in the lower beds of the two-story bunk beds lost consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the accident, the operations department of the headquarters of the Korean People&#8217;s Army Air and Anti-Air Force immediately issued a notification to all subordinate units calling on them to \u201cthoroughly inspect their ability to respond to gas asphyxiation incidents at barracks during the winter training period, and to step up gas patrols.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order called on soldiers to be on alert against gas asphyxiation incidents, a frequent occurrence in winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the operations department reportedly ordered units to use the opportunity to thoroughly inspect their ability to deal with barracks fires, too, with duty officers patrolling every night to check whether troop quarters are supplied with enough sandbags, buckets and basins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an initial measure 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