On New Year's Day, Sudden 'Ground Subsidence' in Pohang Steel Complex... 80m Crack Like an Earthquake

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] At around 2:50 PM on New Year's Day, the ground suddenly subsided by 2.5 meters deep and covering an area of 1600㎡ (80m × 10m) at Jungang Steel Co., Ltd., located in the 3rd complex of the steel industrial park in Daesong-myeon, Nam-gu, Pohang City.

According to Pohang City on the 2nd, fortunately, no casualties occurred in this accident, but anxiety is increasing as the exact cause has not been identified.

The ground is presumed to have subsided due to heaving caused by unstable ground conditions, and Pohang City explained that no casualties occurred because the factory was not operating at the time.

Pohang City is conducting a detailed inspection, presuming the 'heaving' is related to the 'stormwater drainage pipe construction' for non-point source pollution and accident water treatment, which is part of the installation of a buffer retention facility for the steel industrial complex currently underway at Chilseongcheon behind the accident site.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok, who visited the accident site on the 2nd, ordered prompt emergency restoration to prevent secondary damage and stated, "We must establish reinforcement plans based on accurate data in the future and restore the site in the shortest time possible so that the factory's economic activities are not disrupted."

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