The Japanese tourist who had fallen into critical condition after a fire at a capsule hotel in Sogong-dong, Jung District, Seoul, has died. A capsule hotel is a lodging facility where beds large enough for one person to lie down are stacked and arranged like a honeycomb.
According to the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul on the 27th, a Japanese woman in her 50s, identified as A, who was found in cardiac arrest at the time of the fire on the 14th, was pronounced dead on the afternoon of the 24th. A was transported to a hospital and had been receiving treatment, but life-sustaining treatment was halted at the family's request.
Ten foreign tourists, including A's daughter in her 20s, were injured in the fire. With A's death, the casualty tally was revised to one dead, two seriously injured, and seven with minor injuries.
Japanese media also reported A's death. Kyodo News in Japan reported, "Local authorities said a woman in her 50s who had been hospitalized with serious injuries after a fire that broke out on the 14th at a capsule hotel in central Seoul died on the 24th," adding, "Her daughter in her 20s who was with her was also injured but her life was not in danger."