Six killed, 25 injured in fire at S. Korean hotel construction site

Seoul: Six people were killed and more than two dozen were injured when a blaze ripped through a hotel construction site in the South Korean port city...

Seoul: Six people were killed and more than two dozen were injured when a blaze ripped through a hotel construction site in the South Korean port city of Busan on Friday, the National Fire Agency said.

The fire started just before 11:00 am (0200 GMT) at the construction site of the Banyan Tree Hotel, authorities said.

Around 100 workers were present when the blaze erupted, a National Fire Agency official told AFP.

Twenty-five people were injured, a public health department official said, adding that most were minor injuries caused by smoke inhalation.

"The fire had already reached its peak by the time we arrived and thick black smoke was covering the scene," Busan Gijang Fire Station chief Hong Mun-sik told reporters.