Insulated cladding possibly spread fire at tower

Insulating cladding attached to the outside of the building was possibly responsible for spreading the fire that ripped through a 33-storey tower block in the South Korean city of Ulsan, BBC reported citing Yonhap News Agency. The blaze at Samhwan Art-Nouveau commercial and residential building, which has around 120 households and shopping units, started on Oct. 8 and was spread by high winds. The cause of the fire is not known yet.

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