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Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:31
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Rescuers search for 2 workers missing in Burapha University construction collapse
CHONBURI, Aug 16 - Rescue workers continue searching for two workers in the aftermath of the collapse of a building under construction at Burapha University Sunday night in the eastern province of Chonburi in which one worker was killed and four injured.
The new building under construction for the Faculty of Education collapsed at 9pm after cement was poured to cast the floor of the third tier of the eight story building.
The search effort was difficult because of a tangle of scrap metal and cement, and the point where the victims disappeared was in the middle of the site where heavy equipment could not reach.
Local authorities said the military with heavier, more specialised equipment would be drawn in to help rescue workers.
Deputy Minister of Education Chaiyot Jiramethakorn inspected the scene telling reporters that the construction foreman said there were seven workers caught in the collapsed area while some 30 workers escaped safely.
The dead man was identified as Rung Phare-sa while the four injured workers were two Thai nationals and two Cambodians.One Thai was released from hospital. (MCOT online news)
The new building under construction for the Faculty of Education collapsed at 9pm after cement was poured to cast the floor of the third tier of the eight story building.
The search effort was difficult because of a tangle of scrap metal and cement, and the point where the victims disappeared was in the middle of the site where heavy equipment could not reach.
Local authorities said the military with heavier, more specialised equipment would be drawn in to help rescue workers.
Deputy Minister of Education Chaiyot Jiramethakorn inspected the scene telling reporters that the construction foreman said there were seven workers caught in the collapsed area while some 30 workers escaped safely.
The dead man was identified as Rung Phare-sa while the four injured workers were two Thai nationals and two Cambodians.One Thai was released from hospital. (MCOT online news)
