South Korea fire kills nearly 40 construction workers

Police investigate cause of blaze at unfinished warehouse in city of Icheon

A fire at a warehouse in South Korea killed 38 construction workers and left another 10 injured according to reports.

The blaze at the unfinished four-storey warehouse site in Icheon on Wednesday, 80km (50 miles) southeast of Seoul, spread “extremely quickly” and rendered those inside “unable to evacuate”, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported citing fire officials.

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