Cape Coast: Another storey building collapses killing one woman
A second storey-building has collapsed in Cape Coast killing one person, five days after a similar incident killed two people.
This latest incident happened Tuesday dawn at Idun near Amissah Ekyir around 2am, leading to the death of one Ernestina Nduom. Her grandson sustained injuries.
The Mayor of Cape Coast, George Justice Arthur, broke the news of Madam Ernestina Nduom's tragic passing to the family after she was rushed to the hospital.
Two persons were rescued from the rubble and rushed to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for treatment.
The other victim, a man, is receiving treatment.
Last Saturday, a collapsed building killed two elderly persons and injured three others at the London bridge in Cape Coast.
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This brings to three the number of deaths caused by collasped buildings in less than a week after heavy rains.
Old buildings
Cape Coast has some very old homes in the central area.
The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Cape Coast, Justice George Arthur has said all such structures would be demolished to avert more disasters as heavy rains set in.
Floods and fire victims in Central Region
Meanwhile Shirley Asiedu-Addo and Joana Kumi reports that the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said about 4,600 people in the Central Region have been affected by floods and fire outbreaks in the past two weeks.
The Regional Director of NADMO, Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood Mensah said the situation has prompted emergency rescue operations and the need for urgent relief assistance.
Affected areas
According to him, the affected areas spanned several municipalities and districts, including Awutu Senya East, Gomoa East, Awutu Senya West, Effutu, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem-Abrem (KEEA), Twifo Atti Morkwaa, Hemang Lower Denkyira, Agona West, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Agona East, and Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly.
In the Cape Coast metropolis, he indicated that the communities hit included London Bridge, Zion, Gyeagyaano, OLA Madina, Aquarium, Siwdu Estate, Antem, Ntsin, Amamoma, Ekon, Brofoyedur, Kitsiwdo, Mempeasem, Nkanfoa, 3rd Ridge, Ayensu,Kwaprow, Adisadel (Church of Christ School), Pedu, and North Ola.
Similarly, parts of KEEA Municipality such as Teterim, Gwira Akyinim, Pershie, Peace Avenue, Ataabadze, and Mmofra Akyinim were also flooded.
Mr. Dawood Mensah narrated that the tragic incident occurred on Friday, June 21, when torrential rains caused an old storey building near London Bridge in Cape Coast to collapse, trapping five people under the rubble.
Demolition
Following the collapse, he said the CCMA through its disaster management committee and in collaboration with NADMO and other stakeholders, undertook a demolition exercise targeting dangerously weak buildings, billboards, and other structures deemed risky.
Mr. Dawood Mensah said NADMO had also launched an urgent appeal to civil society organisations, religious groups, philanthropists, and the public to assist with relief efforts.
Call for support
In the aftermath of last Saturday’s building collapse, some of the victims and their families have called on the public for urgent assistance, including financial aid and temporary accommodation, to help them recover from the ordeal.
One of the affected individuals, Madam Doris Essilfie Mensah, who was present during the directors's visit appealed for help to cover the hospital bills of her 21 year-old son, Fredrick Kwesi Yeboah, who remained on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
