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Hospital Fire Kills Dozens In South Korea

Sejong Hospital in southeast Korea went ablaze in a fire that resulted in several deaths.

Hospital Fire Kills Dozens In South Korea
Firefighters working outside the smoke-filled Sejong Hospital in Miryang, South Korea. (Yonhap, via European Pressphoto Agency)

A hospital fire in Miryang has killed at least 31 people on Friday in southeast South Korea. The fire was reportedly started in the emergency room of Sejong Hospital which largely cares for elderly people, according to Yonhap news agency.


More details to follow. Image of Sejong Hospital from BBC News on Twitter.

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