Firefighters and troopers look at a home in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, broken by a bomb {that a} fighter jet mistakenly dropped throughout a live-fire drill, March 6. Yonhap
The variety of homes broken in final week’s unintentional bombing of a northern village has grown from 58 to 142 following a second survey, the native authorities stated Sunday.
The village in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, suffered large-scale harm after two KF-16 fighter jets „abnormally“ dropped eight MK-82 bombs outdoors a coaching vary throughout live-fire drills on Thursday.
Initially, 58 homes had been reported broken, however the quantity grew to 99 as of Saturday morning, and following a second survey, grew additional to 142, in keeping with the Pocheon municipal authorities.
Twenty-two households have evacuated their houses, whereas one other 9 households have returned following partial restoration work.
The variety of injured civilians has additionally elevated by two to 19.
The inside ministry and the native governments of Gyeonggi Province and Pocheon started a 3rd harm survey and security inspection earlier within the day. (Yonhap)
