At least Four workers have dead and four others have been hospitalized This Friday after a building under construction belonging to a tourist complex in the port city of Busán, in the southern area of South Korea, according to the South Korean authorities.
The fire began around 10.50 hours (local time, 2.50 Spanish peninsular time), when ten workers were in the building in question. Firefighters have rescued trapped people inside using helicopters. Emergency services found them In cardiorespiratory arrest.
The interim president of South Korea, Choi Sang Mok, has ordered the mobilization of all staff and equipment available to help rescue tasks. “It is necessary to guarantee exhaustive search and rescue operations to avoid victims and prioritize firefighters’, he said in statements collected by the Yonhap news agency.
