3 Persons dead in Kasoa collapsed building

• Posted on August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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One of the victims of the collapsed building in Kasoa, who was in critical condition, is now responding to treatment.

Three others died from the collapse.

On Saturday August 24, 2024 a two-storey building under construction at Kasoa Asempa down caved in killing three persons instantly and injuring several others.

A student at a private vocational school, who died, was serving as a labourer at the construction site when the building caved in. A carpenter working also died.

Another student survived the disaster after youth groups rushed to the scene to pull her from the rubble.

The elder brother of one of the students was among workers at the site mixing concrete for the project when the incident occurred.

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He said, “the students were fetching water for the workers on site when the carpenter called them to pick a piece of bamboo for him to work with inside the building. Immediately they entered the building, the entire structure caved in and trapped them.”

The owner of the structure which when completed will serve as classrooms annex for her private vocational institute in the area is said to have started development without obtaining permit from the Municipal Assembly.

The Municipal Chief Executive said efforts to compel the developer to obtain permit was not obeyed.

On Sunday, Some officers from the Ghana National Fire Service were at the scene to conduct assessment of the structure.

The Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service, Acting Chief Fire Officer I, Roberta Aggrey Ghanson told journalists after their assessment that the aggregate of concrete mixed for the building was poor because it lacks cement in its right quantity. The site has since been cordoned off.

The team later visited the Central Kasoa Clinic where survivors are receiving treatment.

One of the victims who became unconscious and in critical condition after being pulled from the rubble has been resuscitated by health workers and responding to treatment.

Another worker at the site, who sustained chest injury is also recuperating.