SEOUL, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Local police said two people were missing Tuesday after at least four people died when a crowd stampeded during a grass-burning ceremony in South Korea.
Police said the incident occurred Monday on a field on Mount Hwangwang in Changyeong, southeast of Seoul, during a traditional ritual of burning of pampas grass, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. A breeze expanded the fire, forcing about 15,000 participants to flee.
Kim Yeon-sun, an official of the Changyeong municipal government, told Xinhua two people were missing as of Tuesday. At least 60 people were injured.
The Changnyeong municipal government conducts the burning the pampas grass ceremony every three years to mark the first full moon of the lunar new year on the Mount Hwangwang, Xinhua said.
