A fire at a multifamily home in Seongnam, south of Seoul, left one person dead and another in cardiac arrest, authorities said.
Fire officials said the blaze broke out at about 4 a.m. on Wednesday at a four-story building in Sinheung-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, in Gyeonggi province.
Firefighters extinguished the fire about two hours later, but a man in his 30s who lived on the third floor died. A man in his 40s from the fourth floor was taken to a hospital in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest, officials said. Some other residents suffered smoke inhalation but did not receive hospital treatment.
Police and authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
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