Building Collapse in South Korea Kills 9, Injures 8

Firefighters search for survivors from a collapsed building in Gwangju, South Korea, on June 9, 2021. Chung Hoi-sung/Yonhap via AP

SEOUL, South Korea—A five-story building being demolished in southern South Korea collapsed on Wednesday, sending debris falling on a bus and killing nine people on board, officials said.

Concrete from the collapsed building in the southern city of Gwangju fell on the bus carrying 17 people which had stopped on a nearby street, the National Fire Agency said.