Death toll climbs after building collapses in South Korea

Firefighters search for survivors in a collapsed building in Gwangju, South Korea (Chung Hoi-sung/AP)

A five-story building being demolished in southern South Korea collapsed, sending debris falling on a bus and killing nine people on board, officials said.

Concrete from the collapsed building in the southern city of Gwangju fell on the bus carrying 17 people which had stopped on a nearby street, the National Fire Agency said.