Fire in Multi-family House in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul... 1 Seriously Injured, 2 Slightly Injured

At around 4:38 a.m. on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, a fire broke out in a third-floor unit of a six-story one-room multi-family house in Junggok-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, resulting in one person sustaining serious injuries and two others sustaining minor injuries.

According to the fire authorities, the woman in her 20s who was seriously injured lived on the fourth floor above the unit where the fire started. She was severely injured in the head after falling while evacuating upon seeing smoke rising.

A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s, residents of another unit on the same floor, inhaled smoke and were transported to the hospital.

The fire authorities deployed 27 vehicles and 112 personnel, and completely extinguished the fire by around 5:41 a.m., about an hour later. Eight residents evacuated on their own due to the fire.

The third floor where the fire started and part of the fourth floor above it suffered scorch damage.

The fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fire based on a report that "a blanket caught fire."

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