Officials stated that a couple who sprang out the windows onto an inflatable mattress set up in front of the building was among those murdered.
Korea, South According to fire officials on Friday, a hotel fire in South Korea claimed seven lives and wounded twelve more.
The interior ministry said that the fire started on Thursday at around 7:40 p.m. (6:40 a.m. ET) on the eighth level of the nine-story hotel in Bucheon, which is located just west of Seoul, and was extinguished in approximately two hours.
According to Lee Sang-don, a Bucheon fire station officer, there were seven fatalities, the majority of which were visitors, and twelve injuries that required hospitalization, three of which were critical.
A couple who sprang out the windows onto an inflatable mattress set up in front of the building was among those slain, according to Lee.
He said at a televised briefing, “It unfolded normally but appeared to have flipped over when they jumped down.”
According to Lee, there were no sprinklers inside the building when it was built in 2003, and authorities were investigating the precise cause of the event.
According to the ministry, Interior Minister Lee Sang-min directed the mobilization of all resources in order to conduct a full rescue operation.
160 firemen and some 70 trucks were sent to the location, according to Yonhap news agency, which cited provincial fire authorities.
