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Daegu subway fire

2003 CE · South Korea, Asia · Disaster

Daegu subway fire
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On February 18, 2003, an arsonist set fire to a Daegu Metro subway train as it arrived at Jungangno station in central Daegu, South Korea. The resulting blaze, which spread when a second train stopped at the same station, killed 192 people and injured another 151.

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