{"id":148981,"date":"2018-01-25T23:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T04:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148981"},"modified":"2018-01-25T23:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T04:35:35","slug":"hospital-fire-kills-more-than-30-people-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/25\/hospital-fire-kills-more-than-30-people-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital fire kills more than 30 people in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A fire swept through a hospital in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country’s most deadly fires in recent years. (Shutterstock file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of \u2014 A fire swept through a hospital in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country’s most deadly fires in recent years.<\/p>\n

Fire official Choi Man-wu said in a televised briefing that the fire at Sejong Hospital in the city of Miryang killed 31 people and injured 77, eight of them in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The fire started from the first floor of the hospital at 7:35 a.m. and was extinguished at 10:26 a.m., Choi said. The cause of the fire is under investigation<\/p>\n

He said a total of 194 people had been hospitalized in two buildings of Sejong Hospital, including 94 elderly people who were hospitalized in the nursing hospital, before the fire broke out.<\/p>\n

Sejong Hospital has a nursing hospital for the elderly and also offers regular medical services.<\/p>\n

South Korea is one of the fastest-aging countries in the world and has many nursing hospitals, which are preferred for elderly people who long-term doctors’ care.<\/p>\n

Yonhap news agency says the hospital has 193 beds including 98 beds for the elderly who needs nursing care with 35 medical staff.<\/p>\n

In late December, 29 people were killed in a fire that tore through an eight-floor building in the city of Jecheon in central Seoul. It was the country’s deadliest blaze over the past decade before the hospital fire.<\/p>\n

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