{"id":137840,"date":"2015-07-27T06:35:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T06:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=137840"},"modified":"2015-07-27T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T13:01:42","slug":"update-3-confirmed-dead-in-cantonment-collapsed-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/update-3-confirmed-dead-in-cantonment-collapsed-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: 3 confirmed dead in Cantonment collapsed building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people have now been confirmed dead after an uncompleted \u00a0three-storey building caved in on 22 people last Saturday killing three and injuring more than a dozen people.<\/p>\n

The deceased persons include\u00a0the owner of the building\u00a0and two\u00a0other persons believed to have been working on the building.<\/p>\n

Twelve survivors have been treated and discharged whilst seven others are receiving treatment at the 37 and police hospitals.<\/p>\n

Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire service, Prince Billy Ana-Glatey told Citi News<\/strong> on Sunday that twelve of the survivors had been treated and discharged while seven (7) others were receiving treatment at the 37 and police hospitals.<\/p>\n

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Prince Billy Ana-Glatey added that the search\u00a0for more people trapped\u00a0under the collapsed had\u00a0ended because the rescue team had\u00a0reached “ground zero of the building.”<\/p>\n

“At\u00a0 this point we are at ground zero and\u00a0 if there were anyone still buried under the rubble it would not be difficult\u00a0 to find that person.\u00a0 But as it stands we can\u2019t see any body whether dead or alive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Billy Ana-Glatey added\u00a0that all the agencies would be meeting to investigate what led to the collapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will eventually know what caused the collapse when we begin investigations. So many factors might have led to this building collapsing. Most of these buildings are constructed only at night so that the officials have no idea what is going on\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

This is the second building that has collapsed at Cantonments within the last seven months.<\/p>\n

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By: Pearl Akanya Ofori\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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