<p><br /> A massive fire broke out in a 38-floor apartment and office building in South Korea's southern port city of Busan, news reports and fire officials have said.<br /> </p><p><br /> Flames quickly spread through the building's main stairwell but were largely contained later in the afternoon, a local fire official in Busan said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The fire official could not say how many people remained in the building, only that residents were still being rescued, some by helicopter from the building's roof.<br /> </p><p><br /> YTN television showed footage of fire helicopters dousing the complex and a hose shooting water at it from a neighbouring building.<br /> </p><p><br /> Busan, South Korea's second-largest city and a major seaport, is located about 250 miles southeast of Seoul.<br /> </p><p><br /> The cable channel also reported that 37 residents were evacuated.<br /> </p><p><br /> It said three were taken to a hospital and that one firefighter was injured. No deaths have been reported.<br /> </p>
