The physique of one other employee was recovered Sunday from underneath the rubble following final week’s lethal collapse of a boiler tower at a thermal energy plant within the southeastern metropolis of Ulsan.
The boiler tower on the Ulsan department of Korea East-West Energy, a state-run utility, collapsed Thursday whereas within the means of being demolished, initially trapping seven employees.
As rescue operations continued, firefighters pulled the physique of a 44-year-old sufferer from the particles Sunday morning, following the restoration of two our bodies final Friday.
Authorities mentioned that the person died Friday morning whereas ready for rescue underneath the collapsed construction.
The confirmed dying toll from the collapse rose to 3 as of Sunday. Two others are presumed lifeless and believed to nonetheless be trapped underneath the particles, whereas the precise places of the remaining two employees haven’t been confirmed, officers mentioned.
The 60-meter-tall boiler tower was being weakened on the time of the collapse after its operation was suspended in 2021 following 40 years of use.
