A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 41 people, reports said, in the country’s worst blaze for over a decade. The death toll rose rapidly throughout the morning, as those initially pulled from the blaze succumbed to their injuries. By lunchtime, it had hit 41, according to the Yonhap news agency, citing firefighters at the site. “Many victims were from the first and second floors of the hospital… some died on their way to another hospital,” he said. South Korean President Moon Jae-In called an emergency meeting with advisers, and demanded an immediate probe into the cause of the blaze.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 26, 2018 01:34 UTC