1 dead, 2 injured in fire at hotel in Seoul

A fire breaks out in a hotel in Seoul on the night of Oct. 19, leaving one Chinese-American dead and two Japanese tourists hospitalized. Hotel guests are seen in the picture evacuating the hotel. The fire started around 11:20 p.m. at the Turkish Airlines office on the second floor of Hotel President, near the capital's municipal building.

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