Fire Service Probes Building Collapse That Killed 1 In Kasoa
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has initiated an investigation into the collapse of an uncompleted storey in Kasoa in the Central region on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
The incident which happened in the afternoon reportedly claimed the life of one person.
A statement from the Service on Tuesday said six persons were trapped under the wreckage including the deceased when the incident happened.
“5 persons were this afternoon rescued alive from a collapsed one (1) storey building under construction in Kasoa of the Central Region. All the five (5) rescued victims were sent to the hospital for medical treatment except one (1) whose condition was very critical.”
The Service is yet to figure out the cause of the collapse.
“Investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the collapse of the affected one-storey building under construction,” a part of the statement said.”
This brings to seven, the number of buildings that have collapsed across the country this year.
In May, Ghana recorded a series of building collapses in the Greater Accra region, Central region and Northern Region.
On May 1, a storey located at Adenta West went down. The second took place on May 5 at Nanakrom in the Adentan Municipality in Accra. On May 7, a six-storey building under construction at the University for Development Studies, City Campus at Sagnarigu in Tamale in the Northern Region also collapsed.
Another storey belonging to Word In Action Church at Old Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality under construction fell on May 9. The last to be recorded in May was on May 24 where a three-storey building at Winneba in the Central Region.
On June 21, the GNFS reported another building collapse at Ablekuma NIC in the Greater Accra Region which injured six persons.
The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry is cited to have blamed the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) for their failure to effectively assess the work of land developers intending to erect buildings.
