A South Korean rescue team checks a broken ventilation grate in Seongnam City, near Seoul, after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below

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Fourteen people were feared killed and 11 others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongam south of Seoul on Friday, rescuers said.
"They were standing on the ventilation grate to get a better view when it collapsed under their weight," a spokesman for the local fire services told AFP.
Television reports said the 25 people fell more than 10 metres (30 feet) into an underground parking area when the grate collapsed.
Most of the dead and injured were students, the YTN news channel said, adding that the concert organisers had repeatedly urged the spectators to move off the grate before it collapsed.
South Korea has suffered a recent series of catastrophic accidents involving young victims, including the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April that left more than 300 dead, most of them high school students.
In February, the roof caved in on a student-packed auditorium near the southern city of Gyeongju, killing 10 people and injuring more than 100. An investigation uncovered evidence of structural flaws and lax management controls.
The Sewol disaster prompted government promises of a national review of safety standards, as it became clear that poor regulatory oversight was a major contributor to the scale of the tragedy.

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