- A fire has destroyed Namdaemun, South Korea's oldest wooden structure and a national treasure, fire officials said Monday.

Police have arrested a 70-year-old man in connection with the fire, according to the South Korean Yonhap news agency.

The fire started around 9 p.m. Sunday and burned for hours.

More than a hundred firefighters poured water on the more-than-600-year-old structure, trying to save it.