A fire in one of Seoul's last-remaining shanty towns has burned makeshift houses and forced about 260 residents residents to flee. But no casualties were reported.

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A major fire that broke out early on Friday in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of Seoul was brought under control and fully

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A major fire erupted in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, South Korea, early Friday, a fire official said. As many as 47 residents were evacuated while no casualties had been reported so far, an official at the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters told Reuters.

South Korean police say a joint military-police team has summoned a civilian to investigate if the person sent drones toward North Korea.

A fire broke out early Friday morning in Guryong Village in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul — a neighborhood known as the last shantytown in the capital and considered highly vulnerable to fires.