Daeyeonggak Hotel fire
1971 fire in Seoul, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Date | 25 December 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12-25) |
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Time | 9:50 am |
Location | Chungmuro, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea |
Cause | Gas explosion[1] |
Deaths | 164 |
Non-fatal injuries | 69 |
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The Daeyeonggak Hotel fire was a skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea on 25 December 1971; 164 people died and 63 were injured .[2] It remains the deadliest hotel fire in history.