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Dozens Killed in Subway Fire in South Korea

Aired February 18, 2003 - 08:14   ET

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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Back to another big story this morning, the very latest now on the subway fire in South Korea. Dozens of people have been killed and over 100 are still missing.
Sohn Jie-Ae reports from Daegu, South Korea.

SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Paula, we're standing just steps away from one of the entrances to the subway station here in Daegu. There's still the stench of chemical fumes in the air and a look of disbelief and shock on many of the citizens of Daegu here tonight, disbelief at the tragedy that happened in their city this morning.

Now, the latest figures we're getting is that there are 49 people dead. The number of injured has risen to 135. The number of missing is now nearly 160.

The number of missing and dead have been rising all day today. Authorities here are also telling us that one of the subway lines, the one that the flame actually happened in, is being moved to a hangar, to a garage of sorts, where they will shift through what is inside. But there are reports that there may be dozens of more bodies within these subway lines. So we're expecting the worst at the moment, the casualty numbers to go up significantly in the next few hours -- Paula.

ZAHN: The pictures really do capture the horror of what happened there.

Sohn Jie-Ae, thank you for that live report.

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Aired February 18, 2003 - 08:14   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Back to another big story this morning, the very latest now on the subway fire in South Korea. Dozens of people have been killed and over 100 are still missing.
Sohn Jie-Ae reports from Daegu, South Korea.

SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Paula, we're standing just steps away from one of the entrances to the subway station here in Daegu. There's still the stench of chemical fumes in the air and a look of disbelief and shock on many of the citizens of Daegu here tonight, disbelief at the tragedy that happened in their city this morning.

Now, the latest figures we're getting is that there are 49 people dead. The number of injured has risen to 135. The number of missing is now nearly 160.

The number of missing and dead have been rising all day today. Authorities here are also telling us that one of the subway lines, the one that the flame actually happened in, is being moved to a hangar, to a garage of sorts, where they will shift through what is inside. But there are reports that there may be dozens of more bodies within these subway lines. So we're expecting the worst at the moment, the casualty numbers to go up significantly in the next few hours -- Paula.

ZAHN: The pictures really do capture the horror of what happened there.

Sohn Jie-Ae, thank you for that live report.

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