Sunday, September 15, 2024 -A two-storey building under construction, weekend, collapsed at Okpanam community, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State.
The incident which occurred at Daily
Independent Street, Okpanam during the morning downpour, threw the residents of
the area into confusion.
No
casualties were recorded during the incident.
Sources
said some workers who were trapped in the building were rescued as search for
others continued.
A source
who craved anonymity, said some of the workers were injured in the course of
jumping from the second decking to escape being trapped while others escaped
unhurt.
The
source said the injured victims were rushed to the hospital for medical
treatment.
The
source said: “The workers have all deserted the site while the site engineer is
said to have taken to his heels to escape arrest and anger of the residents
around.
“One of
the victims who was trapped inside the rubble called from inside and the rescue
team luckily located him and others”.
Meanwhile,
an official of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, who identified
himself as John said “Our men are on the ground to help in the rescue
mission.”
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