Gwangmyeong Apartment Fire: 60s Woman in Critical Condition Dies... Police and Fire Department Conduct Site Inspection

[Financial News] A fire occurred in an apartment in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, injuring around 60 residents, and one resident who was initially transferred to the hospital in a state of cardiac arrest has died.
According to the police on the 18th, a woman in her 60s, identified as Ms. A, died that morning. Ms. A was found in a state of cardiac arrest at the fire scene the previous day but did not recover and eventually passed away.
As a result, the casualties from this fire have reached a total of 67, including 1 death, 11 seriously injured, and 55 slightly injured.
It is reported that among the seriously injured, there are residents currently in critical condition. The injured have been transported to 19 nearby hospitals for treatment.
The police plan to conduct a site inspection at the apartment together with the fire authorities on the morning of the same day.
The fire occurred at around 9:10 PM the previous day in the piloti parking lot on the first floor of the 10-story apartment in Soha-dong.
The fire was completely extinguished in about 1 hour and 20 minutes, but since it started on the first floor, evacuation was difficult, leading to a large number of casualties.
banaffle@fnnews.com Yoon Hong-jip Reporter