Iran sympathizes with South Korea over deadly blaze in hospital
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi expressed “deep sorrow” over a fire in a South Korean hospital that killed 41 people and injured more than 70 others.
According to Tasnim News Agency, in a statement released on Friday, Qassemi offered his condolences to the South Korean people and government over the tragic incident.
The fire in the South Korean hospital killed 41 people and injured more than 70, officials said on Friday, with eight of those injured listed as being in critical condition.
The fire is the deadliest in South Korea in at least a decade and follows a fire last month which killed 29 people in a high rise sports center, Reuters reported.
The presidential Blue House put the hospital fire death toll at 41. South Korean President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency meeting with top aides and called on the government to take “all necessary measures” to help survivors.
The fire started at around 7.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) at the rear of the emergency room on the first floor of Sejong Hospital and was mostly extinguished after a few hours, Choi Man-woo, the head of Miryang city’s fire station, told a televised media briefing.
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