SEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- One woman was killed in South Korea's sewing factory fire in the capital Seoul on Tuesday, according to Yonhap news agency.

The fire broke out at about 9:35 a.m. local time (0035 GMT) from the sewing factory on the second floor of a five-story building in Seoul for an unidentified reason.

One woman was killed and seven others were rescued from the flames.

The fire authorities mobilized 15 vehicles and 55 firefighters to extinguish the fire.