By Park Si-soo
Five people were injured in the explosion of a gas can at an outdoor camping area in North Gyeongsang Province, Saturday. It happened at 9:45 a.m. when the campers at the site were preparing breakfast. They suffered minor burns.
“I heard the sound of a loud explosion in the morning,” a camper who witnessed the accident told the police. “The area instantly turned chaotic with people screaming all over the campsite.”
An investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the explosion.