The death toll from the collapse at the Gwangju Metropolitan Library construction site has risen to two.

Fire authorities said they rescued a man, the second of four people buried in the incident, at about 8:13 p.m. on the 11th at the site of the former Sangmu incineration plant in Chipyeong-dong, Seo District, Gwangju.

At about 1:58 p.m. on the 11th, a collapse occurs during ready-mix concrete pouring at the Gwangju Representative Library construction site in Chipyeong-dong (Sangmu District), Seo-gu, Gwangju, burying four people as firefighters carry out rescue operations. /Courtesy of News1

Firefighters found the man's lower body at about 2:53 p.m., but he showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are working to confirm his identity.

As of 8:10 p.m., the casualties from the incident stood at two dead and two missing. A 47-year-old man who was the first to be rescued at about 2:52 p.m. that day was taken to a hospital but died.

Fire authorities switched to an overnight search to locate the remaining two buried people.

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