Two Dead in Gayang-dong Apartment Fire in Seoul: Mother with Brain Lesion Disability and Son

One Neighbor Hospitalized After Inhaling Smoke

A fire broke out in an apartment in Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, resulting in the deaths of two people in a mother-son relationship and one person being transported to the hospital after inhaling smoke.

According to fire authorities, at around 4:55 p.m. on August 11, 2026, a fire occurred in a unit on the 15th floor of an apartment in Gayang-dong.

At around 4:55 p.m. on the 1st, a fire broke out in an apartment unit on the 15th floor in Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, with flames and smoke billowing up. Yonhap News

Two people were found dead in the apartment complex's flower bed. The deceased were a 61-year-old woman with a brain lesion disability and a 38-year-old man. They were identified as mother and son.

They were residents of the unit where the fire broke out and are presumed to have fallen into the flower bed.

A 63-year-old woman who lived in the apartment next to the unit where the fire started was hospitalized after inhaling smoke.

The fire authorities mobilized 25 pieces of equipment and 87 personnel, bringing the blaze under control after about 20 minutes, at approximately 5:19 p.m. Forty residents evacuated on their own as a result of the fire.

The fire authorities plan to investigate the cause of the fire and the specific extent of the damage.

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