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PHOTOS Eight injured in big fire at Daejeon construction site

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By Park Si-soo

Eight people have been injured in a fire that engulfed a construction site in Daejeon on Friday afternoon.

Hundreds of firefighters were battling to extinguish the blaze. No further details were immediately available.

According to fire authorities, the building, in Seogu, a Daejeon district, went up in flames at 3:32 p.m. Multiple explosions were heard, which prompted people living nearby to flee, according to witnesses.

Daejeon fire authorities declared a state of emergency, sending hundreds of firefighters to the site.

The building ― two underground stories and three above ground ― was set to be completed by December.