The death toll from a weekend building collapse in Cameroon’s commercial hub Douala has risen to 34.
This was made known by the housing and urban development minister of the country.
The four-storey building collapsed on Sunday, destroying a nearby building and injuring scores of residents.
“The building in question unfortunately had no building permit,” Minister Celestine Ketcha Courtes said, adding that an investigation had been launched.
She said rescue efforts still going on to make sure no one was still trapped in the rubble, despite difficult access conditions.
It remained unknown how many occupants were in the building at the time of filling this report.
People residing in the area said the building had shown signs of dilapidation with exposed and rusted steel reinforcement rods but nothing was done to avert the ugly incident.
