OyaYansa Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 Firefighters took about three hours to put out the fire UN- At least 37 people died Friday and another 79 were injured, nine of them seriously, as a result of a fire in a hospital in the South Korean city of Milyang, according to local authorities. The victims were reportedly killed by smoke inhalation, the local fire department explained to the South Korean news agency Yonhap. The flames would have started around 7.30 South Korean time (22.30 GMT on Thursday) in the emergency room on the first floor of the main building of Sejong Hospital, located in the town, which is about 280 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Firefighters took about three hours to put out the fire. In total 111 people, mostly patients who were in the hospital at the time of the accident, were transferred to four nearby medical centers. In turn, 94 people who were interned in a nursing home adjacent to the hospital managed to escape the flames or were evacuated, EFE reported. South Korean President Moon Jae-in called an emergency meeting with his team of advisors after the event was announced and urged the authorities to identify the deceased as soon as possible and efficiently to avoid generating confusion for the affected families, according to a statement. communication sent to the media.
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