Geoje heavy rain damage apartment safety diagnosis ‘E grade’… It takes a long time for residents to return

It was confirmed that the apartment in Okpo-dong, Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, where a casualty accident occurred due to loss of floor space due to extreme rain during the Liberation Day holiday, received the lowest grade in a detailed safety inspection, and it is expected that it will take a considerable amount of time for residents to return.

According to Geoje City on the 4th, Building 104 of the Samdo Royal Mansion in Okpo-dong, which had cracks in the building due to soil leakage due to heavy rain in August, received the lowest grade, E, in the detailed safety inspection completed last month.

Grade E means that there is a risk to the safety of the facility due to a serious defect, so its use must be prohibited immediately and it must be reinforced or renovated.

Building 104 was found to have received this diagnosis after major walls on the lower floors were damaged due to soil and sand swept away by heavy rain.

As grade E has been issued, it is impossible for residents to return immediately.

It is reported that the city will focus on carrying out reinforcement construction first, and will hold a resident briefing session at the Okpo 1-dong Community Center at 7 pm on the 12th to discuss construction costs and long-term relocation measures for residents.

On August 17th, the last day of this year's Liberation Day holiday, extreme rain of up to 120 mm fell in an hour in the early morning, and soil was washed away by rainwater and hit building 104 behind the Samdo Royal Mansion in Okpo-dong, Geoje-si.

In this accident, three residents on the first floor of building 104 were killed or injured, and several furniture on the first and second floors and residents' cars were swept away by mud.

Since then, due to safety concerns, over 100 residents of building 104 have been sheltering in a studio apartment for over two months.