Two lives lost and nearly 30 injured in Christmas morning fire
Published: 25 Dec. 2023, 10:59
Updated: 25 Dec. 2023, 18:53
![A fire at a 27-story apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/12/25/22fb2524-56fe-41ff-af1f-9243b0461a45.jpg)
A fire at a 27-story apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]
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.
BY LEE HO-JEONG [lee.hojeong@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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