Fire on South Korean freeway kills 5, injures dozens

Video photos on social media confirmed a soundproof awning engulfed in flames quickly after the fireplace broke out on the Second Gyeongin Expressway close to the capital Seoul.

Seoul,UPDATED: Dec 29, 2022 14:45 IST

Smoke rises from a tunnel that was burnt down in Gwacheon, South Korea (Reuters)

By Reuters: A big fireplace on a South Korean expressway on Thursday killed no less than 5 individuals and injured practically 40 caught in heavy site visitors, emergency officers and media stated.

Video photos on social media confirmed a soundproof awning engulfed in flames quickly after the fireplace broke out on the Second Gyeongin Expressway close to the capital Seoul at about 1:49 pm (0449 GMT).

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The heavy site visitors made it troublesome for automobiles to flee the affected space as the fireplace unfold and a blast was heard, a witness instructed tv broadcaster YTN.

Media stated the fireplace appeared to have begun after a bus and a truck collided. But a fireplace official on the scene stated its trigger was nonetheless being investigated, though the fireplace had been put out. Altogether 44 automobiles had been destroyed within the fireplace, he stated.

Five individuals had been killed with no less than 37 injured, three of them critically, an emergency official stated.

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Dec 29, 2022