At least 5 dead after accident leads to fire on Seoul highway

Updated : Dec 31, 2022 15:41
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AP

At least five people were killed and 37 were injured due to a highway blaze near Seoul. The fire started after a bus collided with a frieght truck on a highway on Thrusday.

The National Fire Agency of South Korea said in a statement that the three of the injured were in a serious condition while 34 others were lightly injured. Fire officials said the collision occurred inside a noise-barrier tunnel on the highway.

It wasn’t immediately known what caused the collision and the fire, and what cargo the truck was carrying.

The public affairs office at the fire agency couldn’t immediately confirm where the five dead came from.

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