A fire in an apartment building in Dongdaemun-gu...Transfer of 3 people and evacuation of 26 people.

A fire broke out on the first floor of a 25-story apartment building in Jegi-dong, Seoul, at around 8 p.m. last night (27th) and was extinguished in about an hour.

Three residents were taken to a hospital after inhaling smoke from the fire, and 26 people were evacuated.

It is said that there were no people in the house at the time of the fire.

Fire officials are investigating the possibility that the fire started in an electric stove in a small room.