It marks the latest in a series of balloon-related fires linked to North Korea’s provocative trash balloon campaign.

The fire was extinguished in 18 minutes and 15 fire trucks and 56 personnel were deployed, said the fire department, adding there were no casualties

A rubbish balloon from North Korea landed on a Seoul building rooftop and caused a fire, a local fire department has said, among thousands of balloons Pyongyang has sent southward this year, sparking a tit-for-tat propaganda campaign.

In a statement, the Seoul's Gangseo Fire Station said that "a fire broke out on the rooftop of a four-story commercial building in the Western district of Seoul" at around 9:04 pm local time (1204 GMT