Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul's posh Gangnam district

Firefighters work to put out the fire at Guryong village, the last slum in Seoul's glitzy Gangnam district in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan 20, 2023.SEOUL — Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday , destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people.

Ten helicopters and hundreds of firefighters, police and troops joined the effort to put out the blaze which, according to officials, razed almost one in ten of the 600-plus homes in Guryong. Kim Doo-chun, 60, said his family was unaffected by the fire but he told Reuters that the village was constantly at risk of disaster due partly to its cardboard homes and narrow alleys.

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Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul's posh Gangnam districtSEOUL: Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday (Jan 20), destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people. Emergency services took five hours to put out the blaze, which erupted before daybreak in G
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