South Korea: 3 Killed, 2 Feared Dead, 2 Unaccounted For In Power Plant Collapse

Ulsan: Three workers have died and two others were presumed dead after being discovered under a collapsed boiler tower at a thermal power plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan on Friday, with two others remaining unaccounted for, firefighting officials said.

The boiler tower collapsed at a power plant of the Ulsan branch of Korea East-West Power Co, a state-run utility company, the previous day.

Two workers were pronounced dead after being pulled out of the rubble, raising the death toll to three, firefighting officials said. One person had been pronounced dead while trapped earlier in the day, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Operations to pull out another two were underway, though both were feared dead.

The exact locations of the remaining two were still unknown.

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