A fire broke out at Yunho 21 Hospital in Namgye-ri, Goheung-eup, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, resulting in 30 casualties (2 deaths, 28 wounded).

According to today's (10th) Jeonnam-do firefighting headquarters, two female patients in their 70s who were hospitalized in the fire were found dead on the second and third floor windows, respectively.

28 were injured, and 9 were seriously injured.

Some injured people are in poor health, so the likelihood of serious injuries increases.

Most of the injured were inhaled due to smoke inhalation, but some were reported to have burn patients.

They were distributed to five nearby hospitals, including Goheung Hospital and Nokdong Hyundai Hospital, and some of the most critically ill are being transferred to university hospitals in Gwangju.

Initially, the fire department counted all 56 people who were taken to the hospital as injured, and excluded 28 confirmed by simple transfer from the number of injured.

At the time of the fire, it was confirmed that 86 people were staying in the hospital, including 69 inpatients, 7 nurses, and 10 guardians.

Twenty of them escaped from the hospital on their own, but the rest were unable to escape and were evacuated to the rooftop and were rescued by fire authorities.

41 people were rescued by ladder cars and double legs, and 19 people escaped with the help of a rescue team.

In the rescue, even a ladder car of a moving company was recruited and six people were rescued.

Witnesses began today between 3:43 am and the first floor internal medicine and orthopedic surgery.

The emergency bell of the automatic fire detector rang, and hospital staff and nurses evacuated the patient, but it seemed that the elderly and other patients were unable to evacuate in time due to the fire and the smoke spreading in the morning.

It was confirmed that the hospital was not subject to sprinkler installation by law, so sprinklers were not installed.

The fire brigade dispatched to the scene took 2 hours and 30 minutes to completely extinguish the fire while giving priority to lifesaving.

During this process, people may be left in the hospital, and three lives were searched.

The fire department mobilized about 450 people and 35 equipment, including a fire truck.

Fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fire and the magnitude of the damage.

Yunho 21 Hospital is a medium-sized hospital that can accommodate more than 100 people in 26 rooms with a floor area of ​​7 stories and 7 stories above ground and 3,210.6 square meters in total area.

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