Summary Ten people were killed as an auditorium collapsed at a resort in southern South Korean on Monday.
SEOUL (AFP) - Ten people were killed and at least a dozen were trapped after an auditorium collapsed under heavy snow Monday at a resort in the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju, rescue workers said.
As many as 450 students were believed to have been attending a concert in the building when the roof caved in around 9:15 pm (1215 GMT).
Police officials quoted by the Yonhap news agency said ten people had been confirmed killed in the collapse and at least a dozen were thought to still be trapped inside the building, down from around 50 earlier in the evening.
Nine of the dead were college students whilst the tenth fatality was believed to be a party organiser, police said, adding that three students and 11 party organisers remained unaccounted for.
A spokesman for the local fire service had earlier told AFP by telephone that 73 people were injured, 15 of them seriously.
Rescue workers were continuing to search for any students who were feared trapped inside the collapsed structure, he said.
Yonhap reported that police feared the toll could rise throughout the night, with around 400 rescuers on the scene.
The collapse appeared to have been caused by heavy snow which had piled up on the roof of the auditorium.
