SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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 stated.
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 Hearth Company stated.
Emergency officers dispatched to the positioning rescued eight folks from the bus, all severely injured, earlier than discovering the 9 our bodies, the company stated in an announcement.
Hearth officer Kim Seok-sun stated in a televised briefing from the positioning that every one employees on the constructing web site had evacuated earlier than its collapse. He stated a number of the employees advised investigators that that they had closed a pedestrian walkway close to the constructing earlier than the collapse.
Hearth company officers stated emergency officers had been nonetheless trying to find another individuals who is likely to be trapped below the particles. The reason for the collapse wasn’t instantly recognized.
Kim stated the bus driver was among the many injured. Authorities didn’t instantly present particulars of the opposite injured or useless folks.
An earlier fireplace company assertion stated 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 employees outfitted with stretchers and crowbars trying to find survivors whereas excavators hacked at an enormous mountain of crumbled concrete and bent metal beams spilling over the motorway.
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Related Press author Kim Tong-hyung contributed to this report.