A roof collapsed at a resort retreat for college freshmen in
South Korea Monday, killing 10 people and injuring more than 100, South Korea's
National Emergency Management Association said.
Two of those hurt suffered heavy injuries but their lives
are not in danger, officials said.
For hours, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that
people were trapped as rescuers rushed to the resort building in the southern
city of Gyeongju.
Emergency officials said Tuesday that they believed everyone
had been accounted for, but wouldn't know for sure until the building is
dismantled.
Fire officials told Yonhap they had struggled to reach the
mountainous area where the resort is located because it was snowing Monday
night.
More than 560 first-year college students were in the
building for a freshmen welcoming party when the collapse happened at 9:11 p.m.
Monday, Yonhap reported.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressed "deep
condolences" to the victims families.
"My heart is aching and it is very sad," she said
in a statement, calling for "a thorough investigation" into the cause
of a the collapse.
Authorities said heavy snow was on the building's roof, but
the cause of the collapse wasn't immediately determined, according to Yonhap.
The students attend Busan University of Foreign Affairs,
about 80 kilometers south of where the party took place, Yonhap reported.
A woman trapped in the rubble waits to be rescued. More than
560 first-year college students were in the building for a welcoming party,
reported South Korea's semiofficial Yonhap news agency.
Though the cause of the collapse wasn't immediately
determined, authorities said heavy snow was on the building's roof.
Rescue efforts are under way to find dozens of people who
are still trapped.
Gyeongju is about 300 kilometers south of the country's
capital, Seoul.
Source: CNN
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