2 dead, 4 injured in S. Korea’s building floor collapse

SEOUL: Two men were confirmed dead and four others were injured as the top floor of a building under construction in South Korea collapsed on Wednesday, according to Yonhap news agency.

The ninth floor of the nine-story building under construction in Anseong, some 60 km southeast of Seoul, collapsed onto the eighth floor at about 11:49 a.m. local time (0249 GMT).

The accident left two Vietnamese workers buried and four others wounded.

The Vietnamese men were rescued in cardiac arrest before being taken to a hospital, but they were confirmed dead later.

At the time of the accident, they were working on concrete placement.

The police will investigate construction officials for compliance with safety rules.

(Reuters/File)

-Xinhua