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3 Hours of Fire in Jongno's Jewelry Street: 5 Safety Vulnerabilities of 1970s Wooden Buildings Revealed by the Suspected Gas Canister Explosion
On March 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM, a fire broke out in Bongik-dong's Jewelry Street in Jongno-gu, Seoul, completely destroying the second floor. 37 people evacuated on their own with no casualties, but the structural vulnerabilities of a wooden commercial building built in 1970 and fire safety issues in densely packed urban commercial districts have once again come to the surface.
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