MIRYANG, South Korea -- Three more elderly survivors of a fire at a hospital in Miryang, a city in southeastern South Korea, have died, bringing to 46 the death toll from the country's latest deadly blaze, the local government said Tuesday.
An 87-year-old man and an 82-year-old man, who were relocated to a nearby hospital after the fire on Jan. 26 at Sejong Hospital in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, died around 2:42 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., respectively, the same day.
Another man, 78, who had been hospitalized at a separate hospital following the blaze, died around 11:10 p.m. the previous day.