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Today (9th), the accident occurred in the process of demolishing a five-story building.

Police are investigating the possibility that the demolition company did not take proper safety measures.



This news will be delivered by reporter Hogun Lee.



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A three-lane road in Dong-gu, Gwangju.

A huge building suddenly collapses over the safety fence on the right and hits the bus stop.



Vehicles that have barely escaped the burial stop quickly and then back up.



Workers who were right next to the collapsed site were frightened and evacuated.



[Witness: That's the line that dismantles the building.

It sounded the same as usual.

Then there was a loud noise and



I

went outside and it collapsed] The

site of the accident was 'Hakdong District 4 Redevelopment Planned Site', a typical old housing cluster in Gwangju. The existing building was to be demolished and an apartment complex was planned to be built. The collapse occurred while demolishing a commercial building with an area of ​​about 1,600 square meters.



There were 16 workers at the construction site, and it is said that four were working at the time of the accident.



Police, ward offices and fire departments are investigating the cause of the accident against field workers and others.



While the exact cause has not yet been revealed, the possibility that the demolition company may have lost balance by first dismantling the weight-bearing part of the building, the possibility that the weight of the demolished building had to be distributed in advance by erecting iron pillars could not be done, and the possibility that heavy by-products such as the demolished concrete rubble were left unattended. We are investigating various aspects such as possibility.



Earlier, in Gwangju, there was an accident in April during which a building collapsed and four workers were buried.



They were rescued after an hour, but two people eventually died.



Also, at the demolition site in Jamwon-dong, Seoul two years ago, a similar accident occurred in which a five-story building collapsed in the direction of the road, killing one person and injuring three others.



(Video Edit: Jeon Min-gyu) 



▶ [Video] The 5th floor building collapses and the bus hits... 4 killed


▶ [Gwangju Collapse Site] Heavy equipment · 400 people are employed to rescue