Authorities on Sunday launched a joint investigation into the fire that killed six workers at a construction site for a luxury hotel in the port city of Busan.

Officials said the joint probe is expected to focus on figuring out the reason that the six victims on the first floor died, reports Yonhap news agency

Twenty-five people suffered minor injuries due to smoke inhalation while 14 others were rescued from the roof. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BUSAN, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- Six workers died and 27 others were injured in a fire at a hotel construction site in the southeastern port city of Busan on Friday, authorities said.

Six workers died and 25 others were injured in a fire at a hotel construction site in South Korea's southeastern port city of Busan on Friday, authorities said. The fire started at the Banyan

Six people have died in a fire in a hotel resort construction site in South Korea's port city of Busan, according to the city's fire agency, with a helicopter used to pluck some 14 people to safety after they had taken refuge on a rooftop.