"Fire at a motel in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do...""18 people will get hurt".

At 10:07 p.m. last night, a fire broke out at a four-story motel in Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, and was extinguished in 40 minutes.

Three people staying in the room were seriously injured, 15 were slightly injured, and were taken to a nearby hospital, and 18 people were evacuated.

Among the seriously injured, one man in the room on the second floor recovered from cardiac arrest, and the other two showed symptoms of shortness of breath, but it is known that his life is not affected.

The fire department once issued the first stage of response that mobilized all the fire department personnel because the fire broke out was a lodging facility, and 92 people, including 37 equipment and firefighters, were deployed to extinguish the fire.

The fire department believes that the fire started at the checkout counter on the first floor of the motel and plans to investigate the exact cause of the fire.