Over 150 evacuated from Lotte store in Busan after part of ceiling collapses
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The authorities requested that the store suspend its operations until a safety inspection could be completed.
PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
BUSAN – More than 150 people have reportedly been evacuated from a department store in Busan, South Korea, after a section of its ceiling as large as 25 sq m collapsed on May 31.
No casualties were reported in the incident at Lotte Department Store Centum City in Haeundae-gu, Busan.
At around 3pm local time (2pm Singapore time), a fragmented part of the ceiling of the first basement floor fell and water from the ceiling poured onto the floor, affecting food halls there and forcing the department store to close at around 4.15pm.
A coolant leak in the ceiling was suspected to be the cause of the incident.
The local district office requested that the store suspend its operations until a safety inspection could be completed. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
