A fire broke out in a 27-story apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, at 4:57 a.m. The fire originated in an apartment on the third floor.
A fire at a 27-story apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]
Two people died, while nearly 30 others were injured, in a fire at an apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, northern Seoul, on Christmas morning.
The fire broke out on the third floor at 4:57 p.m., according to the local fire department.
Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 70s were discovered in a state of cardiac arrest and immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. Two did not survive.
Some 200 firefighters were dispatched. The fire was extinguished at 8:40 a.m.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
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