Funeral Ceremony for Fallen Firefighter at Pyeongtaek Fire Scene Held on the 8th at Gyeonggi Provincial Office (葬)

[Asia Economy (Pyeongtaek) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The joint funeral ceremony for the late Fire Lieutenant Lee Hyeong-seok (50), Fire Sergeant Park Su-dong (31), and Fire Corporal Jo Woo-chan (25), who died in the line of duty while extinguishing a fire at a frozen warehouse construction site in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, will be held at 9:30 a.m. on the 8th at the Pyeongtaek Ichung Culture and Sports Center as a Gyeonggi Provincial Government funeral (京畿道廳葬).

The funeral committee chairman will be Acting Governor Oh Byeong-kwon of Gyeonggi Province. The province has set up a funeral hall at Pyeongtaek Jeil Funeral Home and will support the funeral procedures. Their remains will be interred at the National Daejeon National Cemetery in the afternoon of the same day.

Fire Lieutenant Lee Hyeong-seok and others were trapped inside the building and died while extinguishing a fire that broke out at the Pyeongtaek FAMS Logistics Center construction site at around 11:46 p.m. on the 5th.

The government plans to posthumously promote the deceased by one rank and award them the Order of Okjo Geunjeong.

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