One person is believed to be still trapped under the rubble of a three-storey-building which collapsed in Cantonments in Accra.
Rescuers say they are doing their best to retrieve the unidentified person.
[contextly_sidebar id=”bO1RH3IQ6o9iZVRgavWMB6JFsVaneFyu”]The building which shares a wall with the Free Zones Board collapsed on Saturday.
One person was killed in the incident while seventeen others under the rubble of the building were rescued.
Those rescued are believed to be workers constructing the collapsed structure.
Although there has not been any official communication about what led to the collapse, residents and eyewitnesses blame the incident on “weak pillars of the building.”
“One of the pillars has a crack and I learnt that they informed and the owner said it will not do anything so they should chisel it and refill it again and that was what caused the incident,” an eyewitness told Citi News.
17 rescued
Meanwhile seventeen (17) people have so far been rescued under the rubble of the building.
This was confirmed to Citi News by the Greater Accra Regional Police PRO, ASP Effia Tenge.
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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