About 200 people displaced by fire in low-income town in Seoul; blaze extinguished

SEOUL -- About 200 people were displaced by a fire Friday that ravaged through a low-income town in southern Seoul, with firefighters putting out the blaze about eight hours after it began, officials said.The fire broke out at around 5 a.m. in the Guryong village, one of the last-remaining shanty towns in Seoul, before being extinguished at 1:28 p.m. No casualties have so far been reported.The fire had quickly spread to other parts of the village, prompting authorities to evacuate 258 people from the area. Some 180 residents are presumed to have lost their homes in the fire.The Seoul city …READ FULL ARTICLE