Four Injured in Refrigerant Gas Leak
BUSAN — Police and firefighters were responding on the 15th to a leak of Freon refrigerant gas from a 769-ton Russian fishing vessel docked in Gamcheon-dong, Saha District, Busan, after a report came in at about 8:37 a.m.
Four people were injured in the accident, two of whom went into cardiac arrest.
Fire authorities and police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Original reporting by Lee Yu-jin for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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