Collapse of built environment
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Event title
South Korea - Two dead after collapse at South Korea library construction site
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Severity
Low
Event date (UTC)
2025-12-11 19:09:27
Last update (UTC)
2025-12-13 15:38:12
Two workers died and two were missing and feared buried at a library construction site in the South Korean city of Gwangju on Thursday, after an iron structure at the site collapsed, AzVision.az reports, citing Yonhap.
Authorities took out a body trapped in the building and found him dead, Yonhap said, citing the Gwangju fire agency.
The collapse occurred while concrete was being poured at the construction site, fire authorities told reporters at a briefing.
The rescue officials are struggling to remove concrete slabs and steel pipes that are believed to be burying the workers, a fire official said at the briefing.
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- Event title: South Korea - (2nd LD) Last missing worker found dead at collapsed construction site in Gwangju; death toll at 4
- Last update (UTC): 2025-12-13 15:38:12
- Latitude: 35.15472
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- Severity: Low
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