FLAMES ENGULF SLUM AS SEOUL SLEEPS: IS THIS NEGLECT?
A raging inferno tore through Guryong Village in southern Seoul in the early hours of Friday morning, turning a community of the marginalized into a scene of HORROR. Photo: YONHAP News shows the terrifying scale of the blaze. This wasn’t just a fire—it’s a CRY FOR HELP from a forgotten neighborhood.
Thirty-two families have lost everything. Forty-seven people are now homeless, forced into a temporary shelter while their lives burn behind them. The fire started in what authorities call a “vacid house,” a stark reminder of the decay they’ve allowed to fester.
While firefighters scramble to stop the fire from spreading to the hillside—a potential catastrophe in the making—major traffic on Yangjae-daero is snarled and disrupted. The emergency response was escalated to its second-highest level. WHY? Because this isn’t a simple accident. It’s the DIRECT RESULT of systemic abandonment.
Ask yourself: who benefits from the land this slum sits on? Who stays SILENT while the most vulnerable are forced to live in tinderboxes? The powerful look away, but Photo: YONHAP News doesn’t lie—we are watching a neighborhood burn to the ground in one of the world’s richest cities.
They’ll investigate the “cause” of the fire. But the real cause is clear: neglect.
This is what happens when people become inconvenient.
Author: Kayitsi.com
