{"id":436328,"date":"2011-06-05T18:01:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/05\/3-feared-dead-as-4-storey-building-collapses-in-enugu\/"},"modified":"2011-06-05T18:01:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:01:46","slug":"3-feared-dead-as-4-storey-building-collapses-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/05\/3-feared-dead-as-4-storey-building-collapses-in-enugu\/","title":{"rendered":"3 feared dead as 4-storey building collapses in Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"82.5\">\n<p><strong>By Tony Edike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ENUGU \u2013 TRAGEDY struck in Enugu, Sunday afternoon, when a four-storey building under construction collapsed and reportedly claimed three lives.<\/p>\n<p>Three persons who were reportedly working in the building at the time of the incident have not been found by press time, Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The three construction workers were believed to have been buried in the debris as sympathizers who rushed to the scene after the building collapsed said that they heard some people shouting from the compound but could not sight them.<\/p>\n<p>It could not be immediately ascertained why the building which comprised 10 flats of three-bedrooms each, collapsed,\u00a0 but some sympathizers met at the scene blamed it on poor quality and substandard building materials used.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the building, according to a resident,\u00a0 Ogechi Okoye,\u00a0 commenced about two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>When Vanguard visited the building located along Ndiagu Amechi Road, Pocket Layout, behind Loma Linda Housing Estate in Enugu capital city, some people were seen searching for the missing persons.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164308\" title=\"Colapsed-building\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Colapsed-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rubbles of the collapsed 4-storey building under construction along Ndiagu Amechi Road, Pocket Layout, behind Loma Linda Housing Estate Enugu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The building collapsed at about 1pm, according to Miss Okoye, who lives in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard an unusual noise from the compound shortly after I returned from church service and rushed out of our house only to see the tall building falling down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main gate of the house is normally locked when no work is going on but today it was wide open and while passing I saw some people working in the house.\u00a0 We heard some people shouting when the building was coming down but we couldn\u2019t see anybody when we went inside,\u201d she narrated.<\/p>\n<p>Some policemen were said to have visited the compound few hours later but left when they could not locate the property owner.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu said he was aware of the incident but was yet to be officially briefed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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