Three Buried 20m Underground Due to Landslide at Yangju Stone Quarry... Rescue Underway [2nd Report]

Collapse of soil at the stone quarry site in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] On the 29th, three workers were buried when a pile of soil collapsed at a stone quarry in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province.

According to the fire authorities, around 10 a.m. on the same day, while drilling holes for blasting aggregate extraction at a stone quarry in Eunhyeon-myeon, Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, a pile of soil collapsed, burying three workers about 20 meters underground.

Currently, the fire authorities are removing the collapsed soil and conducting rescue operations.