Jonglei: One man sustains injuries after building collapses Article Comments (3) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 22, 2011 (BOR) - One man is reported to have slight injuries and four others rescued without injuries after a building collapsed in Jonglei State’s Bor Marol market at about 5:20 pm local time on Wednesday. Excavator deployed in rescuing thetrapped people in the building in Bor, Wednesday, 22, 2011 (ST) The three storey-building built in 2009 had its three compartments hired by businessmen including a computer training school. About seven people were believed to have been within the vicinity before it collapsed. Among the rescued victims, Makuol Nul Bior, who sustained slight injuries on his body, was rushed to Bor hospital after he was rescued. Nul told Sudan Tribune at Bor civil hospital that the building collapsed when he was about to leave meaning that he was in reachable range when the building crumbled. “I was about to come out from the building when I felt [an] unusual shake, and quickly followed by a loud crushing sound and I was locked up inside just in a close range from the door”, Nul said. Some of the people who went to the scene of incident struggled to brush aside wall and roofing remains creating the entry, a process that led to rescue of three people including Makuol Nul. Another four people were stuck up on the second floor made their way out before the rescue team could reach them. The rescue team that arrived some minutes later employed two excavators and one bulldozer to find out if there were some people trapped, a process that took about 11 hours from 7:30 pm to 7:00 am but no one was found under the remains of the building. Sudan Tribune was unable to reach the owner of the building, Mr. Alier Garang to find out the real cause of the crush, which company constructed it and how much it had cost him. Bor County police commissioner, Colonel Mabior Ruar, who headed the team of rescuers, confirmed that no bodies were found under the building after the operation. Colonel Ruar also confirmed no deaths has been recorded. The minister of physical infrastructure who went to the scene of incident said he would comment on the incident after the real situation is established. According to the sources, the building that had developed cracks was under renovation when it collapsed. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
