Today (the 4th), which entered the 25th day of the Hwajeong I-Park collapse in Gwangju, the third victim of this accident was recovered, and one more missing person was found.
The central accident management headquarters of the government and the regional accident management integrated countermeasure headquarters recovered one construction worker buried in concrete rubble on the 27th floor at 3:29 pm today.
It has been 10 days since the burial location was confirmed.
The victim is one of six people missing in the collapse, and is presumed dead.
Rescue authorities have recovered three people, including the victim.
Authorities also discovered an additional buried person, believed to be missing, on the 28th floor while they were removing debris and stabilizing the wreckage to recover the victim.
Rescuers visually checked the head and working hat of the buried person.
As a result, three of the first six missing persons have been recovered, and two others have been found buried, and rescue operations are underway.
The other one has not yet been found.
Among the two buried, the identity of the person who was first found on the 26th floor on the 1st was also confirmed on the same day.
As a result of cross-analyzing the genetic information of the buried person and the family of the missing person, it was found that 1 out of 6 existing missing persons were found.
However, at the request of the family, we have decided not to disclose personal information to the media.
The identity of the person who was found that day has not yet been confirmed.
Rescue authorities are said to be in talks with the families of the missing persons to confirm their identity.
At around 3:46 pm on the 11th, 16 floors from 23 to 38 floors collapsed at once in Hwajeong I-Park Residential Complex Apartment Building 201 (4 stories below the ground and 39 above) in Hwajeong I-Park, Seo-gu, Gwangju, where HDC Hyundai Development Company was under construction. disappeared.
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