ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2024
Estimating the Acute Health Effects of Smoke Exposure from an Urban Factory Fire Accident: A Case Study of a Tire Factory Fire in Korea.
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- Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Environmental Epidemiology: A Review of Traditional and Novel Modeling Approaches.Current environmental health reports · 2025Review
- Association between air pollution and emergency department visits for unintentional injuries in four cities of Shandong Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Invited Perspective: Leveraging Research and Resources to Mitigate Health Impacts of Environmental Disasters-Insights from a South Korean Tire Factory Fire.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
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backgroundA major industrial fire accident occurred in a tire manufacturing factory in Daejeon, Korea, on 12 March 2023 and lasted for 3 d, generating air pollutant emissions. Although evidence regarding the health effects of urban fires is limited, residents near tire factory may have experienced health hazards due to smoke exposure from fire plumes.
objectivesCapitalizing on the timing of this fire incident as a natural experiment, we estimated the attributable excess air pollution exposure and associated disease development among residents living near the tire factory.
methodsWe used the generalized synthetic control method to estimate air pollution exposure and health burden attributable to the accident among residents living in smoke-exposed districts. Based on satellite images and air pollution monitoring results, three administrative districts (within
resultsDuring the first week following the factory fire, residents of exposed districts had an estimated excess exposure to 125.2 [95% confidence interval (CI): 44.9, 156.7] DISCUSSION: Excessive air pollution exposure and disease incidence were identified among residents living close to the tire factory. Preventive measures, such as a warning system, to avoid health impacts to people breathing fire-related pollution may be beneficial for communities impacted by such events. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14115.
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