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Dozens of university students in South Korea are reported to be trapped in a building collapse in Gyeongju in the southeast. Dozens of university students in South Korea are reported to be trapped in a building collapse in the south-eastern city of Gyeongju.
At least three people have been killed, an official says. At least four people have been killed, an official says.
Fire services told AFP that part of the ceiling of an auditorium collapsed at the resort complex, during an orientation event for first-year students.Fire services told AFP that part of the ceiling of an auditorium collapsed at the resort complex, during an orientation event for first-year students.
It appears to have been caused by heavy snow on the roof, they said.It appears to have been caused by heavy snow on the roof, they said.
Local media reports say the collapse happened at around 21:15 local time (12:15 GMT) and that there were around 100 students in the hall. Around half are reported to have escaped. Local media reports say the collapse happened at around 21:15 local time (12:15 GMT), though there is confusion over the number of students in the hall at the time, with some reports saying 100 and others as many as 450.
Rescue workers with heavy equipment are at the scene but heavy snow around the mountain resort is thought to be slowing access. Rescue workers with heavy equipment are at the scene, but heavy snow around the mountain resort is thought to be slowing access.
Several hundred students from a foreign language college in the southern city of Busan were at the resort, according to local news agency Yonhap. Many of them are thought to have been attending a concert in the auditorium when it collapsed. Around 1,000 students from Busan University of Foreign Studies were at the resort, said an official. Many managed to get out from the damaged building by themselves, he said, and about 20 have been rescued and taken to hospital.
Yonhap news agency reported that the students were attending a concert in the auditorium when the roof fell in.
The area has experienced exceptionally heavy snowfall over the past week.The area has experienced exceptionally heavy snowfall over the past week.
One of the world's worst peacetime building collapses happened in South Korea in June 1995, when Seoul's Sampoong Department Store collapsed, killing hundreds.
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