Firefighters said that at least four people died and six were injured after falling on a highway construction site in an area south of South Korean capital Seoul on Tuesday.
The accident occurred about 70 km (43.5 mi) from Seoul, at 9:49 am (0049 GMT) in Ansong, when five 50 meters (164 ft) concrete structures that support the highway bridge, one after the other After one collapsed. A crane, the Yonhap news agency reported.
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Ansong Fire Officer Koa Kyung-Man said four people were killed, including two Chinese citizens, and six were injured, including five, including five who were in critical condition. The five also included a Chinese citizen.
“They were working to install a deck on the bridge,” was called by a television briefing. “All were on 10 decks … and when it collapsed, it fell from both sides.”
Broadcaster YTN broadcast the dramatic footage, which shows a deck of a huge bridge on the site.
The rescue workers on the site were seen examining the twisted metal struts and fracture concrete slabs under the pillars of the highway bridge.
Rescuers participate in a disposal operation at a collapsed highway construction site in South Korea, South Korea on February 25, 2025. (Reuters/Kim Hong-G)
His office said the acting president Choi Song-Mok called to raise all the available personnel and resources to save any missing people and to ensure safety measures to prevent further damage.
The National Fire Agency said it had gathered three helicopters and about 150 officers for the search and rescue operations, and the Transport Ministry said it had sent a team of officials to the spot.
There are regular deadly accidents at industrial sites in South Korea, which in 2022 introduced a law to address security laps and punished the company management if a worker is killed on the job.
Earlier in February, six people died in fire at a hotel construction site in Busan’s port city, in which about 100 people were evacuated, in which 14 workers were prepared for protection by a helicopter. , When he took shelter on the roof.
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In June last year, a lithium battery factory caught fire, convicted on quality control failures and insufficient security training, killing 23 workers.
The data released in March by the Ministry of Labor of South Korea revealed that 598 industrial workers died in 2023, with about half or 303 of the construction sector, although the total death toll was below 644 in 2022.
