Mali Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises to 15
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Fifteen people were killed on Sunday when a three-story building under construction collapsed in the Mali capital, Bamako, the government and local media reports said.
Twenty-six people were rescued alive from the partially occupied building after it collapsed just before dawn.
“Thanks to the determination of the emergency services, a young girl of around four years has just been pulled out of the rubble alive.
“Another survivor (a woman) has just, happily, been extracted by rescuers,” the civil protection ministry said, AFP reported.
According to local media reports, the top floor collapsed onto the rest of the building which was already occupied, resulting in the entire structure “collapsing like a house of cards”.
Such collapses are common in Mali where buildings are often constructed without planning permission.
