The death toll from South Korea's hospital fire has risen to 41 Officials said more than 80 people injured in the accident. <br/><br/>In a press briefing, the head of Miryang city's fire station, Choi Man-woo, said the fire started in the early morning at the rear of the emergency room on the first floor of Sejong Hospital in the southern city of Miryang,South Gyeongsang Province . <br/><br/>He said some victims died on their way to another hospital. Hospital director Song Byeong-cheol said at least 177 patients, most of them elderly were at the hospital and nursing home when the fire broke out. <br/><br/>The cause of the accident is still unknown. Officials said they are still investigating the cause. President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency meeting with top aides and called on the government to take "all necessary measures" to help survivors. <br/><br/>Last month, 29 people were killed in a fire at a building that houses a sports center and a sauna in the city of Jecheon, central South Korea.

In South Korea, at least 41 people were killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in the southern city of Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province today. <br/><br/>Several of the injured people were reported to be in a critical condition. In a press briefing, the head of Miryang city's fire station,Choi Man-woo, said the fire started in the early morning at the rear of the emergency room on the first floor of Sejong Hospital. <br/><br/>He said some victims died on their way to another hospital.Choi said Firefighters had evacuated about 200 people from the main hospital building and nursing home.<br/><br/>Today's accident is South Korea's worst fire disaster for more than a decade, after an arson attack on a subway station in the southeastern city of Daegu killed 192 in 2003. Last month, 29 people were killed in a fire at a building that houses a sports center and a sauna in the city of Jecheon, central South Korea.