South Korea: Five dead and 10 injured in a hotel fire

Five people were killed and ten others injured in a fire that broke out at a hotel in Bucheon, west of Seoul, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.

The fire started around 19:39 (local time) from the eighth floor of the nine-story hotel located about 20 kilometers southwest of the capital Seoul. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, at least one of the dead was a hotel customer.

경기 부천 호텔 한국로 5명 died 10명 injured

According to 경기도소방재난본부와 and the police, on this day 오후 7시 39분에 부천 원미구 중동 사지 9에짜리 호텔 불이 나사서. By 오후 10시20분, the death toll is 5, the injured is 10. Among the dead, 4 people were found to be in a 심정지 condition and received 심폴소생술(CPR) at the hospital… pic.twitter.com/Jci3fReD0W

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46 fire engines with more than 150 firefighters have been deployed to the scene.

“Right now we are putting out the fire and trying to rescue people, so we don’t have the exact number of casualties,” said an official from the Gyeonggi Province Fire Department. “The number of victims may rise,” he warned.

경기 부천 호텔 한국로 2명 심정지…5명 동에

22일 오후 7시 39분께 경기도 부천시 중동 불이 더다 at the hotel.

It is reported that some guests were injured after jumping from the air mat installed outside the hotel. pic.twitter.com/DPgsj3j3jK

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Interior Minister Lee Sang-min called for every effort by the fire department and local authorities, with all available personnel and means, to rescue people and put out the fire.