Seven people have been injured after a passenger plane caught fire on the runway in South Korea, prompting a mass evacuation.
The Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport on Tuesday, Jan. 28 and all 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, according to CNN. The plane was preparing to depart for Hong Kong, per the outlet, citing fire authorities in Busan.
According to local news agency Yonhap, the number of those injured in the incident was initially reported as three, but this rose to seven on Wednesday, fire authorities said. The victims all suffered minor injuries, the news agency reported.
The fire began in the plane’s tail just before 10:30 p.m. local time, per the news agency, before appearing to spread to the fuselage of the plane.
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The Air Busan plane following the fire
In a video shared by U.K. newspaper The Guardian of the incident, passengers can be seen using the inflatable evacuation slide to exit the plane and running from the aircraft, while later footage showed flames billowing from the plane and fire crews working to put out the flames.
A photo shared by Yonhap later showed large burned-out holes along the roof of the aircraft.
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Air Busan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
According to CNN, planemaker Airbus said it was aware of reports about the incident and was liaising with Air Busan.
PEOPLE has also reached out to Airbus for comment.
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