2021 Gwangju building collapse
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| Date | June 9, 2021 |
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| Time | 16:22 (KST) |
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 35°08′04″N 126°55′38″E / 35.134325°N 126.927184°E |
| Cause | Demolition[1][2] |
| Casualties | |
| 9 killed | |
| 8 injured | |
On Wednesday, 9 June 2021 at 16:22 KST, a five-story building collapsed in Gwangju, South Korea during demolition, killing at least nine people and critically injuring eight. All of the casualties were passengers on a bus that was stopped at a station next to the building.[3][4][5]
At 04:22 p.m. KST, a 5-story building was in the process of being demolished when a portion of the building collapsed onto a 7-lane road. The collapse buried a bus and two cars near a station next to the building under thousands of tonnes of rubble, and trapped dozens of passengers. All of the fatalities were bus passengers. The heap of rubble was 10 metres tall; rescuers used heavy machinery to comb through the wreckage. Nine people were found dead inside of the bus and eight others were critically injured.[4]
The collapse occurred due to the demolition company starting on the middle floor.[6]