At least five people were killed and 37 others injured due to a fire at a hospital in Icheon, some 50 km southeast of Seoul, Report informs, referring to Yonhap.
The fire broke out at 10:17 a.m. in the building, which has the dialysis hospital on the top floor. A total of 46 people, including 33 patients, were in the hospital at the time, but it remains unclear exactly how many people were inside the entire building, according to the officials.
Fire authorities assume the blaze started at a screen golf facility on the building's third floor although a probe is needed to determine exactly where and why the fire started.