
At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county, South Korea. Six others are in critical condition after the fire at Hyosarang Hospital, about 300 km south of Seoul. Most of those who died are thought to have been in their 70s and 80s, and confined to their beds.
Background:
South Korea hospice fire kills 21 [BBC]
Fire at hospital for elderly kills 21 in latest major South Korea accident [Reuters]