Two lives lost and nearly 30 injured in Christmas morning fire
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Published: 25 Dec. 2023, 10:59 Updated: 25 Dec. 2023, 18:53

Two lives lost and nearly 30 injured in Christmas morning fire

A fire at a 27-story apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]

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.
 

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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]
tags Dobong Fire Fire on Christmas morning

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