Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA Reporter |

Four young Nigerian siblings dead in a fire that engulfed a three-story residential building in Ansan, south of

Seoul, on Monday March 27,2023.

The fire erupted on the building's first floor in Seonbu-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si at 3:28 a.m. and was

extinguished by the firefighters about 40 minutes later, according to fire authorities in the city 30 kilometers

South of Seoul.

The fire authorities have found four dead siblings at the scene among were-- two girls aged 4 and 11, and

two boys aged 6 and 7.

According to the authorities, total seven family members, including the parents and a 2-year-old baby, were inside the home when the parents found the living room ablaze. The parents rescued the 2 years baby first but failed to rescue the rest siblings out of the building.

About 37 other residents of the building, mostly foreigners, including three other Nigerian nationals, two

Uzbeks and a Russian national who sustained minor injuries were evacuated, while eleven others were taken

to hospitals suffering because of smoke inhalation.

According to fire authorities, the family suffered another fire incident in their previous home in Ansan on

January 2021, from which two of the dead children inhaled smoke and another sustained second-degree

burns.

Police and fire authorities were conducting a joint investigation to determine the exact cause of fire.