Six people have died in a fire in a hotel resort construction site in South Korea's port city of Busan, according to the city's fire agency, with a helicopter used to pluck some 14 people to safety after they had taken refuge on a rooftop.

SEOUL: Six people were killed and seven injured on Friday (Feb 14) by a blaze that ripped through the site of a luxury hotel being built in South Korea's port city of Busan, the National Fire Agency said.

SEOUL: Six people were killed and seven injured Friday (Feb 14) by a blaze that ripped through the site of a luxury hotel being built in South Korea's port city of Busan, the National Fire Agency said

Twenty-five people suffered minor injuries due to smoke inhalation while 14 others were rescued from the roof. Read more at straitstimes.com.