SEOUL: At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, firefighters said, with more than 70 injured. It is the second devastating blaze in just a month in the advanced country, Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The six-storey structure housed a nursing home as well as the hospital, and the National Fire Agency said 33 people had been killed, with 13 critically injured. Around 200 people were in the Sejong Hospital building when the fire broke out, police said. Friday’s fire is South Korea’s worst since 2008, when a blaze at a warehouse in the city of Incheon killed 40 workers.

Source: Manila Times January 26, 2018 02:15 UTC