'Gwangju Apartment Collapse' 28th Floor Buried Person Found and Recovered After 6 Hours 30 Minutes

4 of 6 Missing Persons Recovered, 1 Buried Location Confirmed, 1 Still Being Searched

Before being transported to the hospital, the third rescued victim on the 4th was seen off with a salute by firefighters, including Gominja, head of the Gwangju Fire Safety Headquarters. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City Fire Safety Headquarters

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] On the 25th day since the Gwangju Hwajeong I-Park collapse accident, the fourth victim of the accident was recovered.

The Pan-Government Central Accident Recovery Headquarters and the Regional Accident Recovery Integrated Countermeasures Headquarters announced that at around 11:10 a.m. on the 4th, one buried person found in the master bedroom area of Line 2 on the 28th floor was recovered at around 5:45 p.m., after 7 hours.

According to on-site confirmation, the buried person is presumed deceased and was transported to the hospital, awaiting the medical staff's assessment. DNA was collected immediately after recovery to request identification.

With this, 4 out of the 6 victims have been rescued so far.

The rescue authorities plan to focus on the operation to rescue one buried person found on the 26th floor on the 1st and the search for the remaining missing person.

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