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A 60-metre operation collapsed during demolition enactment astatine a decommissioned thermal powerfulness works successful the South Korean metropolis of Ulsan, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and leaving six others trapped nether rubble, officials said connected Friday (November 7, 2025). A 2nd idiosyncratic was feared dead.
Rescue workers pulled 2 radical to information soon aft responding to the operation illness connected Thursday afternoon. Another worker, who was rescued later, was pronounced dormant astatine a infirmary aboriginal connected Friday, Kim Jeong-shik, an authoritative with Ulsan's occurrence department, said.
Crews person besides located different idiosyncratic believed to beryllium dead. Mr. Kim said the hunt for the remaining radical was suspended connected Friday greeting owed to concerns implicit unstable rubble and volition resume aft stabilisation work.
“We person deployed rescue dogs and they're conducting searches now. We besides person a batch of detection instrumentality connected site, including thermal cameras and endoscopes,” Mr. Kim said successful a briefing.
Officials said earlier that the archetypal 2 radical rescued escaped life-threatening injuries. More than 340 rescue workers and astir 90 vehicles and instrumentality had been deployed to the tract for hunt and rescue efforts.
Following the collapse, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung instructed officials to mobilise each disposable unit and instrumentality for the rescue effort portion ensuring the information of rescue workers operating successful the rubble.
The works was decommissioned successful 2021 aft 40 years of operation. Officials said the boiler operation — 1 of 3 astatine the tract — had been weakened arsenic it was being prepared for demolition.
