20170131 Fire breaks out at Seoul’s Namdaemun Market
Korea Feb 24 2017 “Stores”
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Fire breaks out at Seoul’s Namdaemun Market
Updated: 2017-01-31 15:35
By Park Si-soo
A fire erupted at the open-air Namdaemun Market, one of Seoul’s biggest, Tuesday.
The blaze was extinguished after burning stores on the third floor of a four-story building dominated by shops selling children’s clothes. The exact cause of the blaze and amount of damage were unknown as of 3 p.m. There were no reports of casualties.
“The fire was first detected at 2:17 p.m.,” a fire department official said. “An investigation is under way to find the exact cause of the fire.”
Web Source:The korea times
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