SEOUL: A five-story constructing being demolished in southern South Korea collapsed on Wednesday, sending particles falling on a bus and killing 9 folks on board, officers mentioned.
Concrete from the collapsed constructing within the southern metropolis of Gwangju fell on the bus carrying 17 folks which had stopped on a close-by avenue, the Nationwide Fireplace Company mentioned.
Emergency officers dispatched to the positioning rescued eight folks from the bus, all significantly injured, earlier than discovering the 9 our bodies, the company mentioned in a press release.
Fireplace officer Kim Seok-sun mentioned in a televised briefing from the positioning that each one staff on the constructing website had evacuated earlier than its collapse. He mentioned a number of the staff instructed investigators that that they had closed a pedestrian walkway close to the constructing earlier than the collapse.
Fireplace company officers mentioned emergency officers have been nonetheless looking for some other individuals who is likely to be trapped beneath the particles. The reason for the collapse wasn’t instantly identified.
Kim mentioned the bus driver was among the many injured. Authorities did not instantly present particulars of the opposite injured or useless folks.
An earlier hearth company assertion mentioned the particles additionally fell on two passenger automobiles. However company officers later corrected that after watching safety movies.
Native media confirmed the particles falling on the bus and engulfing the road in an enormous cloud of mud. A video after the collapse confirmed dozens of rescue staff geared up with stretchers and crowbars looking for survivors whereas excavators hacked at an enormous mountain of crumbled concrete and bent metal beams spilling over the motorway.
Concrete from the collapsed constructing within the southern metropolis of Gwangju fell on the bus carrying 17 folks which had stopped on a close-by avenue, the Nationwide Fireplace Company mentioned.
Emergency officers dispatched to the positioning rescued eight folks from the bus, all significantly injured, earlier than discovering the 9 our bodies, the company mentioned in a press release.
Fireplace officer Kim Seok-sun mentioned in a televised briefing from the positioning that each one staff on the constructing website had evacuated earlier than its collapse. He mentioned a number of the staff instructed investigators that that they had closed a pedestrian walkway close to the constructing earlier than the collapse.
Fireplace company officers mentioned emergency officers have been nonetheless looking for some other individuals who is likely to be trapped beneath the particles. The reason for the collapse wasn’t instantly identified.
Kim mentioned the bus driver was among the many injured. Authorities did not instantly present particulars of the opposite injured or useless folks.
An earlier hearth company assertion mentioned the particles additionally fell on two passenger automobiles. However company officers later corrected that after watching safety movies.
Native media confirmed the particles falling on the bus and engulfing the road in an enormous cloud of mud. A video after the collapse confirmed dozens of rescue staff geared up with stretchers and crowbars looking for survivors whereas excavators hacked at an enormous mountain of crumbled concrete and bent metal beams spilling over the motorway.