A pair was discovered lifeless inside a car related to a car-camping tent in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, after a passerby reported listening to solely the sound of a motor coming from the automotive with no indicators of motion inside.
In response to police and fireplace authorities Tuesday, the emergency name got here in at 2:36 p.m. from the parking zone close to the Yuilsa Path entrance at Taebaeksan. The caller reported {that a} tent hooked up to a parked car was zipped shut, a motor was operating, and no response was heard from the occupants.
Rescue personnel arrived on the scene and found a person in his 50s and a lady in her 40s contained in the car. Each have been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Police stated the 2, who have been married, had been automotive tenting within the Mount Taebaek space the earlier evening.
On the scene, authorities discovered {that a} fuel-powered heater had been operating contained in the car. The home windows have been shut, and the tent was sealed tightly to the automotive, making a confined area. A health care provider at Chuncheon Sacred Coronary heart Hospital stated the circumstances “strongly recommend carbon monoxide poisoning.”
Police are investigating the exact explanation for loss of life, together with whether or not the heater and the design of the hooked up tent created security hazards.
As winter automotive tenting and cold-weather journeys develop into extra frequent, fireplace authorities reiterated security warnings, noting that heaters utilized in enclosed areas can shortly result in oxygen depletion and carbon monoxide buildup. “Heating in a sealed setting ought to by no means be tried,” an official stated.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
