Fire at South Korean bus terminal kills 7: Report

Yonhap news agency, citing no source, said the dead people were mostly found at a toilet near the construction site.

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Published: Mon 26 May 2014, 11:14 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 2:04 AM

A fire at a bus terminal near Seoul on Monday left seven people dead and 20 others injured, emergency officials said.

The fire was suspected to have started during welding works at a construction site at the basement of the terminal building in Goyang, just north of Seoul, local emergency officials said on condition of anonymity citing department rules.

The fire left two injured seriously and the rest lightly, the officials said.

Yonhap news agency, citing no source, said the dead people were mostly found at a toilet near the construction site.


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