Overnight heavy snow caused the market roof to collapse...a series of damage to the Seoul metropolitan area

Uiwang Dokkaebi Market's Roof Tent Collapse...Access control

No casualties..."Fear of further collapse in overnight snow"

's Wangshi/Merchant, restoration work...Snow has disrupted work.

[Anchor]
Accidents continued throughout the night in central regions, including Seoul and southern Gyeonggi Province, with heavy snow.

It seems that the damage has been increased because it is heavy snow with a lot of moisture,
Connect with a reporter at the
site to learn more. Reporter Yoon Taein!

[Reporter]
Yes, it is at Goblin Market in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province.

[Anchor]
You see the roof collapsed behind reporter Yoon, what's the situation?

[Reporter]
Unable to overcome the weight of the pouring snow, the roof tent of Uiwang Dokkaebi Market collapsed.

Behind me, you'll see people scratching the snow from the tent using tools inside,
The yellow control line is closed at the other entrance of the
market here, making it impossible to enter.

Let's listen to the story of a merchant who was worried about the heavy snow at dawn and couldn't sleep after seeing the collapse.

[Park Yong-sul / Bugok-dong, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do: This distance is about 200m. The 200m gradually continues to crumble like this.... You can't open your own shops like life right now. I'm worried about that.]

The police were dispatched after receiving the first report and examined the market situation at around 1:40 a.m. today.

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Merchants seem to be concerned that the roof tents will collapse further due to the snow.

At present, Uiwang City and merchants have begun restoration work, but it will be difficult to speed up the work as it continues to snow.

[Anchor]
There was also a facility collapse in an apartment in southern Gyeonggi Province?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is. The entrance to the underground parking lot collapsed in an apartment in Jeongja-dong, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, due to heavy snow in southern Gyeonggi-do.

It's around 5 a.m. today.

The only entrance to the underground parking lot collapsed, so I can't get out of the car,
Residents of
parked more vehicles in underground parking lots than usual to avoid snow, but all of them are unable to get out.

In an apartment in Dongbaek-dong, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, the roof of the entrance to the underground parking lot collapsed due to heavy snow.

The roof must have collapsed above the car parked on the ground, and the impact is likely to have been strong.

Since the morning, the residents have been clearing snow, not on their way to work.

In Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, the entrance to the underground parking lot of the apartment collapsed, and cars were unable to enter, so they were lined up on the road.

In Gunpo, vehicles parked near the entrance were hit by collapsed roofs.

[Anchor]
Please tell us about the damage from heavy snow in other regions.

[Reporter]
Heavy snow in the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul and southern Gyeonggi Province, caused a series of accidents.

There were also a series of traffic accidents as trees and steel structures collapsed and vehicles slipped because they could not overcome the weight of the pouring snow.

In Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, a safety net installed at a golf practice range on the sixth floor of the building collapsed overnight after failing to overcome the snow weight.

Due to the impact at the time of the accident, a power outage occurred in the building.

Also, the safety net of the golf practice range was cut off in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.

was struck by two workers who were working on snow removal at the time, one of whom died.

The facilities seem to have collapsed because they couldn't overcome the heavy moisture snow.

Amid a series of damage caused by such "wet snow," trees that could not overcome the weight of the snow have collapsed, obstructing road traffic and threatening pedestrian safety.

Trees and street trees in the apartment complex, including Eunma Apartment in Daechi-dong, hit the vehicle and blocked the road,
In Songjeong-dong, Icheon-si,
Gyeonggi-do, some of the traffic lights were damaged and were worried that they would be cut off at any moment by hanging from the wire.

[Anchor]
Snow accidents must be a problem, but there was also news of a car slide accident, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, local governments such as Seoul and Gyeonggi-do have been working on snow removal overnight, so major roads are better off.

However, accidents continue around ramps such as back roads and especially hill roads.

In Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, a large trailer left the Songsan grape rest area, slipped while entering the highway, and cars that stopped at the rest area were trapped for hours.

In Jeongneung-dong, Seoul, a 5-ton snowplow vehicle that was driving on the side road slipped downhill and hit a utility pole.

There were a series of reports that there was a lot of snow at once overnight, causing inconvenience in traffic.

In addition, there were cases where it was impossible to drive a vehicle beyond the slow level regardless of whether it was a highway or a city road, and there were reports that it took two hours to get to the 1km car.

There is a lot of snow forecast until this morning, so you should pay special attention to safety.

So far, I'm YTN Yoon Tae-in in front of Goblin Market in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province.