SEOUL: Defective wiring is suspected to have caused the deadly South Korean hospital fire that killed dozens and injured more than 150, police said, as public anger swelled over the country’s worst fire disaster in a decade.
The huge blaze that erupted at the hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang on Friday killed at least 38 people, including 35 patients – mostly elderly women – and three medical staff.
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