Dong-A University Hospital Nurse Lee Jin Receives Certificate of Appreciation for Putting Out Power Bank Fire

[Financial News] "Bang." At around 11:30 p.m. on the 11th, a small explosion from Room 9112 at Dong-A University Hospital in Seo-gu, Busan was heard in the hospital hallway.
Dong-A University Hospital said on the 17th that nurse Lee Jin, who was working the night shift at the nurses' station and was in her third year at the hospital, found the sound suspicious and approached the room. When she opened the door, the room was filled with thick smoke.
Startled by what she saw, the nurse covered her nose and mouth and walked toward the smoke. She found flames on a cabinet beside the bed that looked as if a campfire had been lit there. She then covered the flames with a wet towel nearby and called out to a fellow nurse for help.
The nurse successfully extinguished the fire using a fire extinguisher located outside the room. Meanwhile, another nurse contacted the fire control room and evacuated all four patients in the room to a nearby lounge. No casualties were reported.
The hospital believes the fire started when sparks flew from a power bank that was being charged. The guardian who owned the power bank had fallen asleep while it was charging. After the fire, the ward added a notice to its inpatient guide stating that power banks cannot be used.
The hospital plans to present the nurse with a certificate of appreciation.
The nurse said, "Following the incident, I earned the nickname 'honorary firefighter.' Thanks to the fire-safety training the hospital conducted in June, I learned how to use a fire extinguisher and was able to put out the fire. My colleagues also played a major role by contacting the fire control room as soon as the fire broke out and evacuating the patients."
According to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA), the number of explosions and fires that occurred while power banks were charging and were reported to the Consumer Injury Surveillance System (CISS) over the past five years, from 2021 to 2025, totaled 130.

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