Worker dies in building collapse in Thiès
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
Firefighters extracted the body of a worker who died when a five-storey building collapsed in Thiès, after rescuing two other workers. The victim, buried under stone blocks and metal elements, was taken to the mortuary of Thiès hospital, reports Dakaractu.
Firefighters found a worker dead beneath the rubble of the five-storey building under construction that collapsed in Thiès, reports Dakaractu. His body, trapped under blocks of stone and metal elements, was freed and taken to the mortuary of Thiès hospital.
This brings to three the number of workers recovered from the rubble: two others were rescued alive. Two workers rescued alive had been given medical care before the body was extracted.
The collapse of the building under construction and the presence of three people beneath the rubble were reported on 27 October. Rescuers later said that buried victims were communicating with them. The victims buried in Thiès had been able to exchange messages with rescuers before the extraction operations.
