South Korea Hospital fire accident :33 people dead

Seoul Jan 27: In a deadly incident at least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday and 70 people were injured.Sources said that "It is the second devastating blaze in just a month in the advanced country, Asia's fourth-largest economy."

Witness have said that "a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from a helicopter above the hospital in Miryang, and another crawling out of a window to climb down a ladder."

The National Fire Agency has said that "The six-story structure housed a nursing home as well as the hospital, 33 people had been killed, with 13 critically injured. The victims came both from the hospital and the nursing home, Some died on their way to another hospital."

Officials have said that "Survivors were brought out wrapped in blankets, and firefighters picked their way through the blackened shell of the building after the blaze was extinguished."

South Korean President Moon Jae-In held an emergency meeting with advisers to discuss response measures.