In Gwangyang, Jeonnam, Two Houses Buried by Landslide... Survival of One Missing Person Confirmed via Phone Call

On the 6th, a landslide caused by heavy rain occurred in Gwangyang, burying two houses and resulting in one person in their 80s going missing. Fire authorities are conducting search operations. Photo by Gwangyang City Provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 6th, a landslide in Gwangyang, Jeonnam buried a house, resulting in one person missing, but it is reported that survival was confirmed through a phone call.

According to the police and fire authorities, at 6:04 a.m. that day, a landslide occurred on a hillside in Jinsang-myeon, Gwangyang-si, Jeonnam, burying two houses and one warehouse under soil, and damaging two other warehouses.

The fire authorities are conducting rescue operations, reporting that A (82, female), who lived in one of the buried houses, is missing, but fortunately, it is reported that the missing person is alive.

Four people lived in another house, but one was out, and three were confirmed to have evacuated.

Above the site of the landslide, civil engineering work for the construction of a country house had been carried out in the past, and it is known that the leveling work was completed more than half a year ago.

On that day, a heavy rain warning was issued across Jeonnam, and Gwangyang received 201.5mm of rain from the previous day until 7 a.m. that day.

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