President Lee on Daegu Supermarket Ceiling Collapse: "Make Every Effort to Rescue People"

Part of supermarket ceiling collapses in Gwaneum-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu
66 evacuate; 36 sustain minor injuries, 9 taken to hospital

President Lee Jaemyung instructed relevant agencies on October 10 to make every effort to rescue people following the ceiling collapse at a supermarket in Buk-gu, Daegu.

That day, Kang Yoo-jung, senior presidential spokesperson at the Blue House, said in a press notice, "President Lee was briefed by the acting chief of the National Police Agency on the supermarket ceiling collapse in Buk-gu, Daegu, that occurred today, and instructed officials to make every effort to rescue people and ensure that the response to the accident is handled thoroughly."

President Lee Jaemyung. Photo courtesy of Yonhap News Agency.

Earlier that day, at around 10:16 a.m., part of the ceiling at a supermarket in Gwaneum-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu, collapsed.

All 66 people who were inside the supermarket at the time of the accident reportedly evacuated on their own. Of them, 36 sustained minor injuries, and nine were taken to hospitals.

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the cause of the accident after completing rescue operations.

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