Buried in the rubble: South Korean firefighters working the scene of a collapsed subway construction site in Gwangmyeong. — AP
RESCUE crews pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside.
Im Gwang-sik, an official with Gwangmyeong city’s fire department, said the survivor was trapped about 30m underground in the rubble for approximately 13 hours, and was conscious when found and taken to a nearby hospital.
An overhead view of the damage. — AP
Gwangmyeong city authorities had earlier withdrawn workers from the construction site and halted traffic in the area after receiving reports that a ventilation shaft was at risk of collapsing.
Authorities were deploying dozens of rescue workers and vehicles and three cranes to search for the other worker who remains unaccounted for. — AP
