Fire in South Korean fitness centre kills 28

A fire broke out in an eight-storey fitness centre in the scenic South Korean city of Jecheon on Thursday, killing 28 people, most of them as they were taking a sauna, officials said. The fire started in a car parked on the first floor and spread, one official told Reuters. The fire station said 12 women and three men were known to have been killed. Thirteen bodies were unrecognisable.