Five people are dead, and dozens of others are injured after a fire burned in a tunnel near the South Korean capital Thursday.
Journalist Jaehwan Cho said the fire erupted at the second Gyeongin Expressway soundproof tunnel in Gwacheon, South Korea. A local news outlet reported 37 people were injured in the fire and up to 44 vehicles were destroyed.
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Raphael Rashid, a self-identified Seoul-based freelance journalist, reposted a video of the massive fire, writing, “Initial findings showed the fire started after a bus and a truck collided. It quickly spread to the tunnel, causing massive clouds of smoke.”
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Gwacheon is just south of Seoul.
