SEOUL: A fire on Friday in one of Seoul’s last-remaining shanty towns burned makeshift houses and forced dozens of residents to flee, but no casualties were immediately reported. Much of the fire was under control about 6 1/2 hours after the blaze broke out in Guryong village in southern Seoul, fire officials said. Local fire officer Jeong Gwang-hun told a televised briefing that rescuers were searching each house in the burned area to look for possible victims.

No casualties reported as huge fire breaks out in makeshift homes on fringe of Seoul's upmarket Gangnam district.

SEOUL: A fire on Friday in one of Seoul’s last-remaining shanty towns burned makeshift houses and forced dozens of residents to flee, but no casualties were immediately reported.…

Guryong, outside South Korean capital, carries high fire risk due to cramped homes built with combustible materials.

A pre-dawn fire tore through Guryong Village called the city's last shantytown in Seoul's Gangnam district on Friday, forcing residents to flee