Overheated Cooking Oil Sparked Homeplus Fire: Busan Officials

By Lee Gyu-lee

Overheated cooking oil at a Chinese restaurant caused the fire at the Homeplus outlet in Gaya-dong, Busan, on Tuesday, according to fire officials.

About 500 people were evacuated when the blaze began about 4:49 pm It took 20 minutes to extinguish it.

No one was injured in the incident.

Busan Metropolitan City Fire Disaster Headquarters and police began an investigation of the fire's cause on Wednesday.

They discovered that it started in the Chinese restaurant on the fourth floor The chef left boiling oil unattended and it overheated. The duct near the stove caught fire...

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