Seoul: At least 227 stores have been gutted after a fire broke out in in a traditional market in South Korea’s Seocheon county, local media reported.
The blaze, which broke out at 11:08 p.m. on Monday, was put out at 7:55 a.m this morning, by pressing 361 firefighters and 45 fire engines into service, The Korea Times reported quoting Yonhap news agency.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
–IANS
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