Fire near Buddhist temple in Seoul extinguished; No injuries, no artifacts damaged

A fire that broke out at around 10 AM on this Tuesday at a building within the compound of the historic Jogye temple in Seoul was extinguished some 90 minutes later.

Some three hundred monks and officials from the Jogye order were at a meeting in the building's conference hall but were all safely evacuated.

There have been no reports of casualties nor damage of national treasures.

The cause of the fire has yet to be confirmed.