Search and rescue workers have located a person believed to be one of the five construction workers still missing after a high-rise apartment building under construction in Gwangju partially collapsed earlier this month. 

Anti-disaster authorities held an emergency briefing on Tuesday and said they found blood and a work uniform on the 27th floor, adding that it is believed there is a person there after looking through the rubble with an endoscope.

Whether the person is alive or not has yet to be confirmed.

On January 11, the exterior wall of the 39-floor I’Park building in Hwajeong-dong partially collapsed. Six people who were working on the 28th to 34th floors were initially missing, but one was found dead three days later. 

While there is a possibility of finding the others nearby, the authorities are expected to have difficulty in reaching the person on the 27th floor due to a large slab of concrete.