At least two people were killed and four others injured after Friday's collapse of The House of Wonders in Tanzania's Zanzibar, an official said on Saturday.
Khalid Salum Muhammed, Zanzibar's Minister of State in the
Office of the Second Vice-President responsible for Policy, Coordination and
the House of Representatives, said the two were killed after they were trapped
in the rubble.
He told a news conference that two of the four injured
people were in critical condition and doctors at the Mnazi Mmoja government
hospital were working around the clock to save their lives.
"The bodies of the two persons were recovered by
rescuers on Friday night," said Muhammed.
He appealed to members of the public to be patient as rescue
work continued to comb the area and find out whether there were more people
trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building.
Zanzibar's President Hussein Ali Mwinyi visited the four
injured persons admitted to the hospital and ordered relevant authorities to
probe the cause of the collapse of the building, said Muhammed.
The deceased and the injured were part of a team renovating
The House of Wonders located in Stone Town.
The House of Wonders, built in 1883, is currently closed due
to disrepair, with large sections of the veranda and roof collapsing in 2012
and 2015, respectively, threatening the structural integrity of the rest of the
building.
The House of Wonders is the largest and tallest building in
Stone Town and occupies a prominent place facing the Forodhani Gardens on the
old town's seafront.
The construction materials of the building consisted of an
original combination of coral rag, concrete slabs, mangrove shoots, and steel
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