1 Dead Dozens Trapped in Ghana Shopping Mall Collapse

ACCRA (Reuters) - A four-storey building housing a department store in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency officials and witnesses said.



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Rescue workers pulled at least six people from the rubble, one of them dead and the rest injured, as large crowds gathered to watch, a Reuters witness in the West African country said.
"We are doing our best to get to those trapped. We hear there are about three dozen," Kwame Avevoi, a police officer coordinating the rescue, told Reuters.
 Excavators were trying to lift and remove the building's broken beams and concrete blocks.
Melcom Ltd., which runs Ghana's largest chain of retail department stores, said it rented the building in the suburb of Achimota and opened its store there about six months ago.
"This is a tragedy and we are very much concerned about those trapped in there," said Vitalina Adjimani, a Melcom official. "Our concern is not about the loss of property but it's about human lives," she said.

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 Emergency officials at the scene said the collapse was likely caused by structural failure.

Posted: at 7-11-2012 04:21 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Sad!! Hope the rest are borught out safely!

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Posted: at 7-11-2012 04:30 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Posted: at 7-11-2012 05:04 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

So, collapsed building palava no be for naija alone. May their souls RIP!

Posted: at 7-11-2012 05:13 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

RIP

Posted: at 7-11-2012 06:44 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Good question. His balls need to be cut off. Cheap labor, pocket the money for his own use and build something that has killed innocent souls. Oh Africa.

Posted: at 7-11-2012 07:03 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

too bad

Posted: at 7-11-2012 07:45 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

terrible

Posted: at 7-11-2012 08:31 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

Rip to the dead

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Posted: at 7-11-2012 10:54 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

GHANA?anything is possible in that country..

Posted: at 8-11-2012 01:44 AM (11 years ago) | Upcoming