Let's take a closer look at how the <Anchor>
building was built so that an accident like this could happen in Korea in 2022.
First, let's look at where and how much collapsed through the on-site video taken by the drone, and then we will look at the cause of the accident.
By Nam Jung-min, staff reporter.
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residential and commercial complex where the accident occurred is located across from the Gwangcheon Bus Terminal.
It consists of 8 buildings including apartments and officetels, but it is the 201 apartment building whose outer wall has collapsed and is directly adjacent to the terminal.
I got closer to the collapsed part.
Above the 22nd floor where the evacuation safety zone is located, all 16 floors from the 23rd to the 38th floor collapsed.
Upon closer inspection, the reinforcing bars were exposed and entangled in a mess, and only the bottom part of it fell down one after the other as if it had been cut out of the wall.
Only the thin outer wall remained like a shell, leaving the inside completely empty.
Judging from the layout drawing, it is estimated that the living room part of the 201 Building No.
As for the tower crane that was fixed to the outer wall of Building 201, it is conspicuous that some of the supports were broken in the upper part of the building.
The 140m high crane was not properly secured and had already started to tilt.
Dismantling work was not easy due to concerns about further collapse, so about 200 households in a dangerous radius have already been evacuated.
It is known that the six missing workers were involved in the firefighting equipment work on the 28th and 29th floors, and the construction of the windows between the 31st and 34th floors.
(Video coverage: Bae Moon-san, Kim Hyeong-su, Na Byeong-wook KBC, video editing: Lee Seung-hee)
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