According to the Korea Times, among the 29 people killed in the fire in Jecheon, Chungcheong Chung Province, there were 3 women in the same family, including an 80-year-old woman, a 49-year-old mother and a 19-year-old daughter.
Three generations of the same family went to the bathroom on the 2nd floor of the building on December 21. It is known that the 49-year-old mother and her 19-year-old daughter living in another city returned to visit their grandmother in Jecheon after her daughter passed the university entrance exam.
In addition to the 29 dead, a fire broke out at a commercial building in central Jecheon City, about 170km southeast of Seoul, injuring 29 others. In the photo: A person trying to escape from a burning building.
Firefighters continue to search for victims in the burning 8-storey building. Most of the victims were women, trapped inside the bathroom on the second floor of the building.
This is the deadliest fire in the past 9 years in Korea. In a photo of a relative of a victim in a desperate fire crying outside a hospital in Jecheon.
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon was present at the disaster prevention headquarters in Seoul on December 21 to direct fire fighting in Jecheon.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will go directly to Jecheon after the tragic fire, a Blue House official said. For security reasons, Moon Jae-in's activities during the visit will not be made public.
