A security guard in his 70s died three days after collapsing while helping residents evacuate during an apartment fire in Gwangju.
According to the Gwangju Northern Police Station, the guard, identified as A, passed away at a local university hospital around 9 p.m. on November 13.
A was found in cardiac arrest on the 13th floor of the emergency stairwell of an apartment building in Unam-dong, Gwangju, shortly after the fire broke out at approximately 6:33 p.m. on November 11.
Emergency responders transported A to a nearby hospital, where he remained in a coma for three days but ultimately did not regain consciousness.
As a result, police plan to change the charges against the suspect, a man in his 40s identified as B, from arson causing injury to arson causing death.
The Gwangju Northern District plans to discuss applying for a designation of A as a heroic act with the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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