Nine die as building collapses on bus in South Korea

(FASTNEWS | SOUTH KOREA) – At least nine people have been killed after a five-storey building being demolished in South Korea collapsed on to a bus, officials said.

Eight people were injured in the collapse, which happened in the southern city of Gwangju.

The bus was carrying 17 people and had stopped on a street below, the National Fire Agency said.

The reason for the collapse is not yet clear and search efforts are under way for survivors who may be trapped.

All workers on the site had evacuated before the building collapsed, fire officer Kim Seok-sun said in a televised briefing.

Some of the workers told investigators they had shut off a pedestrian path near the site before the collapse, he added.

Videos uploaded to social media showed that the building collapsed directly on to the bus.