Nearly 300 South Korean firefighters were deployed on Friday (January 16) to fight a major fire in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, a fire official said. No casualties had been reported so far, but 47 residents were evacuated, an official at the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters said by telephone. Huge fire and smoke were seen from the area known as Guryong Village, a pocket of ramshackle housing in Gangnam, one of Seoul's wealthiest districts. It

Nearly 300 South Korean firefighters were deployed on Friday, January 16, to fight a major fire in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, a fire official said. No casualties had been reported so far, but 47 residents were evacuated, an official at the Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said by telephone. Huge fire and smoke were seen from the area known as Guryong Village, a pocket of ramshackle housing in Gangnam, one of Seoul's wealthiest districts.