2 dead, 4 missing after fire breaks out at shopping outlet in Daejeon

LIM JEONG-WON
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Smoke comes out of the Hyundai Premium Outlet building in Daejeon on Monday. [NEWS1]
Smoke comes out of the Hyundai Premium Outlet building in Daejeon on Monday.

A fire broke out Monday morning at Hyundai Premium Outlet in Daejeon, leaving two dead and four people missing as of 11 am.

Local press reported that the fire spread around 7:45 am Monday on the basement floor of the outlet.

The Daejeon Fire Department issued a level 2 response and dispatched 20 fire trucks and over 120 firefighters to the scene.

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]

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