The building collapses onto a bus in a busy street in Gwangju, South Korea, with authorities unclear why it buckled.
At least nine people were killed and eight were injured when a five-storey building collapsed suddenly while it was in the midst of a demolition process and fell on to a busy street in South Korea.Eight people were seriously injured and taken to hospital after the collapseThe building collapsed as it was being demolished in Gwangju, some 270 kilometres south-west of capital Seoul, officials at the Gwangju Fire and Safety Headquarters said.
As of 8:25 pm , a total of 17 people were affected by the accident, said fire station officials, including nine who were confirmed dead and eight who were seriously injured and taken to hospitals.South Korea has been known in the past for having a bad safety record in terms of infrastructure. A department store collapse killed more than 500 people in 1995, and a bridge collapse in 1994 killed 49 people, but the country has in recent years tried to improve its safety record.
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