At least 41 people died in a fire at a hospital in South Korea’s Miryang city on Friday. More than 70 people have been injured. This information has been given by the country’s official dialogue committee, Jonath.
Within one month, this is the second incident of fire in South Korea.
According to the National Fire Agency, this six-storey building has a nursing home and a hospital. The fire started from the first floor. According to the agency, condition of 13 people is very serious. He said that 61 other people were also injured in the accident. Due to the serious situation of the injured, the number of dead is expected to increase.
The presidential office told that South Korean President Moon J.-in the emergency meeting with his advisers to take stock of the situation.
Police said that at the time of the incident, there were about 200 people in the hospital building.