Fire in South Korea shooting range kills 10: report

Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:14am EST
 
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Fire raced through a South Korean indoor shooting range Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including seven Japanese visitors and their Korean guide, local media reported.

Yonhap news agency said the blaze broke out on the second floor of a five-storey building in the southern port city of Busan and took an hour to extinguish.

Seven people were injured, YTN news TV channel reported.

An official at a fire station in the town confirmed the fire had taken place, but gave no details on casualties or the cause of the blaze. Hospital officials were unable to identify the nationalities of those killed.

(Reporting by Kim Yeon-hee; Editing by Ron Popeski)

 
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