We made our way back to the apartment, seeing that the area around it was already blocked off from the public with yellow and black crime scene tape, while the firefighter's were still present. After showing our identification to the police officers guarding the door we were allowed to enter.
Though the body had already been moved forensics were still there taking additional pictures. Before looking around, Myunghee and I gloved our hands with double disposable gloves and wore disposable overshoes/ boots on our feet in order to not tamper with possible evidence we found.
The distant smell of gas still lingered in the air and the smell of burnt flesh remained even without the body.
The once homey apartment was now nothing but a burnt, damp pile of ashes, all signs of a place called home destroyed.
A fireman who I recognized to be the man whose arms I fell into earlier approached us.
"I'm Captain Cha Ryuhyuk from Bucheon Fire Department." he introduced.