A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated.

Seven people have been left injured after a passenger plane caught fire on the runway in South Korea, prompting a mass evacuation, according to a report.

The National Fire Agency said three people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation after a plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire.

All 176 people were evacuated from an Air Busan jet that caught on fire at a South Korean airport, with reports suggesting a battery could be the cause.

The Air Busan plane was set to leave Gimhae International Airport for Hong Kong when its rear parts burst into flames. All 176 people on board were evacuated.

Passengers had to flee a plane after it mysteriously burst into flames on the tarmac at an airport in South Korea, just a month after the country’s worst ever air disaster. Three people—a woman in her 70s and two in their 50s—were injured in the operation Tuesday evening,