Suspected arson fire kills at least 7 in South Korea

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SEOUL - At least seven people were killed and dozens of others injured after an explosion started a fire on Thursday at the offices of a law firm in the southern coastal city of Daegu, South Korea,

according to the police.

A review of security camera footage showed that the man had died at the site, the police said. He was not immediately identified. The fire broke out at about 10.55am in a seven-storey office building next to Daegu District Court, according to an officer with the police department in Daegu, which is about 170 miles from Seoul, the capital.

Nearly 60 fire trucks and about 150 firefighters were deployed to the site, and they extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes. Firefighters rescued about 40 people from the building, officials said.

 

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