At least 37 perish in hospital inferno

Building did not have sprinklers as they're not legally required

SEOUL - A fire spread flames and smoke through a hospital in South Korea on Friday morning, killing at least 37 people, mainly from suffocation, and injuring more than 120 others in the deadliest blaze in the country in at least a decade.

The dead included three hospital staff and several people in an intensive care unit for respiratory illnesses.