The seek for two lacking staff entered its fifth day Monday after a boiler tower collapsed at a thermal energy plant within the southeastern metropolis of Ulsan.
A complete of seven staff have been initially trapped on the plant of the Ulsan department of Korea East-West Energy, a state-run utility firm, on Thursday.
Three our bodies have been recovered, whereas 4 persons are nonetheless trapped, together with two who’re presumed useless.
Firefighting authorities stated drones have been despatched contained in the particles in a single day to assist within the search however did not find the lacking.
Search personnel have withdrawn from the positioning briefly as work started yesterday to arrange for the demolition of two different boiler towers flanking the one which collapsed.
As soon as the 2 towers are demolished, someday early this week, officers plan to make use of heavy tools to raise the particles from the collapse, rushing up the seek for the lacking.
The collapsed tower was 60 meters tall and within the strategy of being demolished after 40 years of use ending in 2021.
