On 26 January 2018, a fire at the Sejong Hospital in the South Korean city of Miryang killed 41 people[3][6] and injured 153.

[15] Shortly after the fire began, local Miryang resident Jeong Dong Hwa mounted a rescue effort that saved the lives of ten people who were trapped on the hospital's fifth floor.

[16] Jeong's brother-in-law and sister-in-law also participated in rescue efforts to help save the lives of people trapped on the third floor.

[20] Senior officials from both ruling and opposition parties traveled to the area to offer their condolences to victims and families.

Ruling Democratic Party spokeswoman Kim Hyun urged authorities "to mobilize all available personnel and equipment to handle the aftermath" while Liberty Korea Party spokesman Choung Tae-ok demanded no negligence in rescue operations.