{"id":137719,"date":"2015-07-26T11:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T11:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=137719"},"modified":"2015-07-26T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T13:03:12","slug":"one-person-still-trapped-in-collapsed-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=137719","title":{"rendered":"One person still trapped in collapsed building at Cantonments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person is believed to be still trapped under the rubble of\u00a0a three-storey-building\u00a0which collapsed in Cantonments in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers say they are doing \u00a0their best to retrieve the unidentified person.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/thumb_IMG_3239_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-137565\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/thumb_IMG_3239_1024.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_IMG_3239_1024\" width=\"460\" height=\"766\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;bO1RH3IQ6o9iZVRgavWMB6JFsVaneFyu&#8221;]The\u00a0building which shares a wall with the Free Zones Board collapsed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed in the incident while seventeen others under the rubble of the building were rescued.<\/p>\n<p>Those rescued are believed to be workers constructing the collapsed structure.<\/p>\n<p>Although there has not been any official communication about what led to the collapse, residents and eyewitnesses blame the incident on &#8220;weak pillars of the building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; an eyewitness told<strong> Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>17 rescued\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile seventeen (17) people have so<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/07\/26\/update-17-people-under-cantonments-collapsed-building-rescued\/\" target=\"_blank\"> far been rescued<\/a><\/strong><\/span> under the rubble of the building.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed to<strong> Citi News<\/strong> by the Greater Accra Regional Police PRO, ASP Effia Tenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person is believed to be still trapped under the rubble of\u00a0a three-storey-building\u00a0which collapsed in Cantonments in Accra. Rescuers say they are doing \u00a0their best to retrieve the unidentified person. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;bO1RH3IQ6o9iZVRgavWMB6JFsVaneFyu&#8221;]The\u00a0building which shares a wall with the Free Zones Board collapsed on Saturday. 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