Key takeaways:
- A fire broke out in Seoul, South Korea on Friday morning, destroying around 60 makeshift homes in the densely packed Guryong village.
- More than 800 firefighters, police officers and public workers responded to the blaze, which was extinguished within five hours with no reported injuries or deaths.
- Ahn Young-joon, an Associated Press photographer, captured images of the aftermath of the fire, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
A fire broke out in Seoul, South Korea on Friday morning, destroying around 60 makeshift homes in the densely packed Guryong village. More than 800 firefighters, police officers and public workers responded to the blaze, which began at 6:30 a.m. local time.
Shin Yong-ho, an official at the fire department of Seoul’s Gangnam district, said rescue workers had searched the affected areas but all residents were believed to have safely evacuated. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames within five hours and no injuries or deaths were reported.
Ahn Young-joon, an Associated Press photographer, captured images of the aftermath of the fire. The pictures show firefighters and rescue workers cleaning up the site and the charred remains of the makeshift homes.
Guryong village is surrounded by some of the wealthiest streets of South Korea’s ultramodern capital. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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