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| ▲ Rescue officials wait to resume search operations for a missing person in a subway construction site collapse in Gwangmyeong, just south of Seoul, for the third day on April 13, 2025. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ Rescue officials move at a subway construction site collapse in Gwangmyeong, just south of Seoul, on April 13, 2025. (Yonhap) |
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(LEAD) Rescuers resume search for missing worker at collapsed subway construction site in Gwangmyeong
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GWANGMYEONG, South Korea, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Rescuers resumed operations Sunday to locate a worker who has been missing for over 48 hours following the collapse of a subway construction site in the city of Gwangmyeong, officials said.
The construction site for the Sinansan Line in Gwangmyeong, just south of Seoul, collapsed Friday, causing a section of the road above ground to cave in and damaging several buildings.
Authorities restarted rescue work at 2:10 p.m. to find a worker in his 50s, who has been out of reach since the accident, as they had been forced to suspend operations Saturday due to safety concerns amid worsening weather conditions.
The man was one of five workers who were initially unreachable. But three of them were found safe, while another -- an excavator driver in his 20s -- was rescued 13 hours after the collapse some 30 meters underground.
The worker was presumed to be located 35 to 40 meters underground, but his exact location and condition remain unconfirmed.
"Due to numerous hazards at the scene, it is impossible to enter the lower section of the collapsed underground tunnel at this time," an official from the municipal fire station said.
"We will begin by removing safety fences around the site. We will do our utmost to carry out the operation as swiftly as possible," he added.
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