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.

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

A fire broke out at a resort construction site in the South Korean city of Busan on Friday, killing at least six people, fire officials said.

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 people died, and dozens more were injured and about 100 people were evacuated after a fire at a hotel construction site in Busan on Friday, according to the Busan Fire Headquarters. The fire broke out at the Banyan Tree Hotel construction site in Gijang-gun,

Six people have died in a fire in a resort construction site in South Korea's port city of Busan, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. Around 100 people had been evacuated, Yonhap reported, citing fire authorities.

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

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.