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Tambacounda, July 19 (APS) – Two construction workers were killed on Thursday in the collapse of a house under construction in downtown Tambacounda, APS learned.
The victims were part of a group of four workers who came to remove this morning the props that supported the slab of the roof of this building whose construction began last May.
Wednesday late afternoon, the city of Tambacounda recorded a Heavy rain continued into the evening.
"We came around 8 am to remove the props, but we barely started, the building collapsed. go out to alert the neighborhood and firefighters, "said Matar Diene, one of the survivors.
It is around 11 am that one of the injured workers was taken out of the rubble by the mobile group of intervention of firefighters. Another lifeless body was then removed from the rubble and taken to the Tambacounda Regional Hospital Center.
The rescue operation lasted nearly four hours, because of the difficulty in extracting the body from the body. one of the victims. It was buried in the ruins.
According to the mayor of the city, Mame Balla Lô, the owner of the house under construction had received the services of the Regional Directorate of Planning a summons followed by a summons to stop
He indicated that the person concerned "never answered the convocation and continued its construction."
The governor El Bouya Amar, present on the spot, invited the mayors of the communes watch over their prerogatives, to avoid such situations
"People must not start a construction without an authorization issued by the mayor. If such situations arise, the mayors must report to the competent services, "the governor said.
He indicated that an inquiry will be opened to locate responsibilities and enforce the law.
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