Police on Friday raided Gimhae International Airport to secure evidence related to last week's fire in an Air Busan plane.

A fire broke out on an Air Busan A321-200 operating flight BX391 bound for Hong Kong at Gimhae International Airport in Busan-Gimhae International Airport in South Korea. The fire started before departure at around 22:26.

Authorities will start a joint investigation into the Air Busan A321 that burst into flames at Busan Gimhae International Airport, Yonhap News Agency reports.

The incident comes in the wake of 179 people dying when a plane skidded off a runway at a different airport in the country last month.

The fire broke out in the back of the cabin, officials said. All 176 people on board, including passengers and crew members, were evacuated, some with minor injuries.

South Korean Police on Friday raided Gimhae International Airport to secure evidence related to last week's fire in an Air Busan plane. The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said

Police on Friday raided Gimhae International Airport to secure evidence related to last week's fire in an Air Busan plane.

A fire broke out on an Air Busan Airbus A321 leased from AerCap while at the gate at South Korea's Busan Gimhae International Airport on Jan. 28. All 170 passengers and six crew members aboard Flight BX391, which was bound for Hong Kong, were evacuated using emergency slides. Two injuries were confirmed at the time of reporting.

Air Busan will begin inspecting carry-on luggage for portable batteries before boarding, after a supplementary battery was suggested as the possible cause of a fire aboard one of its passenger jets at Gimhae International Airport on Jan.