News Reinforcement work resumes to search for missing persons at condominium that collapsed

Reinforcement work resumes to search for missing persons at collapsed condominium... Dismantle tower crane ``risk of collapse'' = Gwangju, South Korea (Image provided by wowkorea)

At 7:30 a.m. on the 19th, the accident recovery integrated task force at a new condominium construction site in Gwangju, South Korea, began searching for the upper floors of the accident condominium and reinforcing work to ensure the safety of the rescue team. resumed.　On this day, a 1200-ton mobile crane No. 2 was brought in to dismantle the tower crane, which was in danger of collapsing, and together with mobile crane No. 1, wire reinforcement work to secure the dismantled tower crane continued.　The wire reinforcement work involves connecting two wires to each of the four sides of the dismantled tower crane, and fixing them with a total of eight wires. The demolition tower crane is 145 meters high, and at the time of the accident, a part of the fixing device came off, and it was hanging on the building at an angle. This tower crane is expected to be dismantled on the 20th. The Accident Control Headquarters set up a command post on the 20th floor of the apartment building and began searching the upper floors. The command post will secure the entrance to the upper levels and mobilize all the equipment necessary for rescue. Falling object prevention nets will also be installed every two floors below the 19th floor in preparation for dangers such as falling objects. Continuing from the previous day, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (the department is equivalent to the Japanese ministry), and experts from companies related to modern industrial development equipment gathered to discuss how to dismantle tower cranes and discuss safety. discussed. The day before, a rescue team and life-saving dogs were dispatched to find one of the missing people, and the search of the first basement and first floor was completed, but the rest of the missing people could not be found. We concentrated on searching between the 22nd and 28th floors, where the rescue dog showed an abnormal reaction, and used an endoscope camera to perform rescue work, but the piled up wreckage made it extremely difficult.

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