President Lee pays condolences to firefighters killed in Bucheon fire... Posthumous medal in front of the portrait

“I will forever remember your sacrifice”… Find the funeral home, kneel down and burn incense

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Seung-eun = President Lee Jae-myeong visited the funeral of the late Fire Commissioner Kim Jin-seok, who died in the Bucheon factory fire on the 17th, paid condolences and paid tribute to the deceased.

At 6:14 p.m. on this day, President Lee entered the funeral hall set up at the funeral hall of Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Minister of Public Administration and Security Yoon Ho-jung, National Fire Agency Commissioner Choi Yong-cheol, Chief of Staff Lim Kwang-hyun, and First Affiliated Office Director Kim Hyun-ji also attended the ceremony.

President Lee first wrote in the guestbook, “The people will forever remember your sacrifice in the safe daily life you have protected.”

Afterwards, President Lee, wearing white gloves, knelt in front of the portrait of the deceased, burned incense, then stood up and bowed his head in silence.

President Lee then placed the Okjo Military Service Medal on the stage to honor the deceased and offered consoling greetings to the bereaved family.

The deceased, who had been dispatched as a first responder to extinguish a fire that broke out at a factory in Bucheon the previous day, was taken to the hospital and received treatment until he died around 0:55 a.m. that day.

In order to show courtesy to Fire Commissioner Kim, the government plans to provide a first-class promotion from fire chief to fire commissioner, a posthumous award with the Okjo Military Service Medal, and burial at the National Cemetery.

In addition to the deceased, another firefighter in his 40s was seriously injured in this fire, and 4 other firefighters showed symptoms of heat exhaustion and 2 factory workers were also transported due to smoke inhalation, resulting in a total of 8 casualties.