The dead included three hospital staff and several people in an intensive-care unit for respiratory illnesses. The fire started in Sejong Hospital’s emergency room and had engulfed the first floor when firefighters arrived. Two doctors and nine nurses were working in the emergency room at the time of fire. Fire agency officials said the hospital wasn’t big enough to be required to install sprinklers. In 2014, a fire set by an 81-year-old dementia patient killed 21 at another hospital for the elderly.

Source: National Post January 26, 2018 02:03 UTC