The death toll from the boiler tower collapse at the Ulsan Thermal Power Plant of Korea East-West Power (EWP) on the 6th rose to three. Fire authorities are rescuing two people whose locations have been identified, and two others who have not yet been found are being searched for.
At an on-site briefing on the 7th, fire authorities said that A, 49, was rescued and transported to Ulsan Hospital. However, a physician from the emergency medical post pronounced A dead at about 11:10 a.m.
Earlier the same day, B, 61, who was found and rescued, was transported to a hospital but was pronounced dead. C, 44, who was found around 4 p.m. the previous day and was being rescued after being found trapped between debris of the collapsed structure and the ground, was also pronounced dead early that morning. Rescue workers administered painkiller injections and covered the person with a blanket to maintain body temperature, but cardiac arrest occurred; they performed CPR, but the person ultimately died.
As of 11:30 a.m. that day, casualties from the Ulsan Thermal Power Plant boiler tower collapse stood at three dead and two seriously injured. The two seriously injured—a man in his 60s and a man in his 40s—were in relatively accessible locations, and fire authorities transported them to a hospital.
Fire authorities are rescuing two people whose locations have been identified. However, they are also presumed dead. Nine people were working at the site at the time of the accident, and the locations and conditions of two people have not yet been confirmed.