Daegu Subway Fire: The Driver Took the Key, the Doors Stayed Shut, 142 Died Inside

Unclosed | True Crime · Sep 28, 2026 · 22m

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At 9:56 a.m. on February 18, 2003, a train pulled into the opposite platform at Jungangno Station in Daegu, South Korea. The people on board did not know that a car on the other side was on fire. The doors opened for a few seconds, the driver glanced outside, and at 9:57 he closed them again. In that same minute, power to the whole section was cut.

This episode is about the 2003 Daegu subway arson. 192 people died and 151 were injured, and 142 of the 192 dead were found on the train that pulled in afterward, the side where the fire was not. Almost all of the more than two…