Construction site catches fire in South Korea leaving at least six dead

Smoke billows from a construction site in Busan, South Korea (Gang Sun-bae/Yonhap via AP)

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.

About 100 workers managed to evacuate the site, while another 14 were rescued by helicopter from the top of the structure, said Hong Moon-shik, chief of the Busan Gijang District Fire Department.