Daeyeonggak Hotel fire

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Daeyeonggak Hotel fire
Date25 December 1971 (1971-12-25)
Time9:50 am
LocationChungmuro, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea
CauseGas explosion
Deaths164
Non-fatal injuries63

The Daeyeonggak Hotel fire was a skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea on 25 December 1971, which killed 164 people and injured 63. It remains the deadliest hotel fire in history.

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