Sampoong Collapse: The Illegal Fifth Floor That Killed 502
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The Sampoong Department Store collapse was caused by an illegal fifth floor never in the original permit. Learn how the addition of eight restaurants with ondol heated floors overloaded the columns to four times their design load, leading to one of the deadliest structural failures in history.
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