Smoky Mountain Journal -South Korea Hospital Fire Kills 37, Injures Hundreds




The Great Smoky Mountain Journal Source: Fox News Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:25 PM

South Korea Hospital Fire Kills 37, Injures Hundreds
Eyewitness accounts of the fire that engulfed a South Korean hospital and nursing home early Friday—which killed at least 37 people and injured more than 100 others—revealed the chaos of rescue efforts as firefighters fought against the spreading smoke and flames. The fire started on the first floor of Sejong Hospital’s emergency room and by the time firefighters arrived the whole first floor had been engulfed, forcing them to rescue the trapped patients through the second-story windows, said Choi Man-wu, a fire official in the city of Miryang. Videos posted on social media showed patients going through extreme lengths to escape the blaze, with one patient gripping a rope that dangled from a helicopter, and another crawling out of a window and down a ladder, the Bangkok Post reported.