사우디 메카성지 공사현장 붕괴사고로 6명 사망 Six dead and five injured in Makkah wall collapse
가설 옹벽 붕괴로 인도와 파키스탄 작업자 6명 사망 5명 부상
메카지역 의 자발 카바프로젝트 건설현장에서 길이 50m, 12m 높이의 가설옹벽이 무너지면서 파키스탄과 인도
작업자 6명이 사망하고 5명 부상했다.
현재 정확한 사고 원인을 조사 중이며 가설 콘크리트 옹벽은 도로공사를 위한 방호기능으로 시공된 것으로 알려졌다.
[Jabal Kaaba project]
source nvonews.com 사고현장
Civil Defense personnel trying to retrieve bodies trapped under the rubble. — SPA
사우디 민방위 대원들이 붕괴 잔해 밑에 깔려있는 시신들을 끄집어내고 있다.
Six dead and five injured in Makkah wall collapse
by Cathal McElroy on Sep 11, 2014
Six construction workers have been confirmed killed at the Jabal Kaaba project in Makkah after a 12-metre high retaining wall collapsed on top of them, injuring five others.
The incident happened on Wednesday morning (10 September).
Civil Defense rescuers and other workers used heavy equipment to dig up the bodies of the victims from under the debris of the 50-metre long concrete block wall.
“We had dug out five bodies in the morning and another body later in the evening,” said Colonel Saleh Al-Olayani, Makkah Civil Defense spokesman, told Arab News.
“Five other workers sustained minor to moderate injuries and were transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
“The construction site where the accident occurred is far away and barricaded from pedestrian and vehicular traffic,” he said.
Mecca Region construction site
According to the Saudi-based newspaprer, the victims were reportedly Indian and Pakistani nationals working for a leading construction company that is actively engaged in various development projects in Makkah.
Saudi officials have neither confirmed nor denied the nationality of the workers.
Governor of Makkah Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah has called for an investigation into the incident. The governor has also set up a technical committee to determine the reason for the accident, according to Major General Jameel Al-Arbaeen, director general of Civil Defense Department in the Makkah region.
The temporary wall had been built as a preventive and supportive measure for the ongoing construction of a ring road amid massive expansion projects in the city.
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