SEOUL (Asia) – A construction site fire in South Korea killed at least 25 people and left seven others injured on Wednesday, according to Yonhap news agency.
The victims were all construction workers building a warehouse in Icheon, 80 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
A provincial fire department representative said that they were still working to determine the number of casualties and could not confirm the report.
Officials’ initial assessment was that an explosion took place while workers were installing insulation with flammable material in the warehouse’s underground level, sparking a fire which spread “extremely quickly.”
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