Prosecutors Provide Emergency Living Expenses to Bereaved Families of Daejeon Factory Fire

Prosecutors Establish Counseling Office for Victims

Prosecutors have stepped in to support the victims of the fire accident at an automotive parts manufacturing factory in Daejeon, which left 14 people dead and 60 injured.

The prosecution began supporting victims on the 25th in relation to the fire accident at an automobile parts manufacturing plant in Daejeon. The photo shows the funeral hall at Seon Hospital in Mokdong, Junggu, Daejeon, where the victims' mortuary was set up on the afternoon of the 24th. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on March 25, the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office’s victim support team identified the necessary support for the bereaved families through meetings and, on the previous day, held a review committee on financial assistance. The committee decided to provide financial support to the bereaved families and provided emergency living expenses and other assistance on the same day.

In addition, a victim support team consisting of two prosecutors and three investigators was established, and a counseling office was set up within the Central Disaster Victim Support Center.

A prosecution official stated, “We will do our utmost to ensure practical support for the victims by closely cooperating with the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and the Central Disaster Victim Support Center.”

On March 20 at around 1:17 p.m., a large fire broke out at Anjeon Industry, an automotive parts manufacturing company located in Munpyeong-dong, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, resulting in a total of 74 casualties, with 14 people dead and 60 injured.

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