▲ 119 workers are entering the isolated Mokdong rainwater pumping station for rescue operations.
The workers who died or were missing at the construction site of the Mokdong rainwater drainage facility in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, today (March 31)
According to the fire-fighting authorities, three workers were isolated at around 8:24 am today near the maintenance area of the storm water storage facility in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.
Kumo, a partner company employee, was moved to the hospital but was eventually killed and two people, including Anmo, a contractor, and employees of Myanmar's national partnership, were missing.
The victims were trapped in a 40-meter-deep waterway for routine inspections at 7:40 am, but were unable to escape the sudden blowing of the water.
The accident, which is difficult to avoid, is a recurrence of the sinking of Noryangjin in Seoul, where workers have died in 2013.
(Photo: Yonhap News)