Seven people died in the collapse of a building on the night of Friday 10 to Saturday 11 July in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, according to an updated report from local authorities on Sunday.
The death toll from the accident has risen to 7, with 6 injured, an additional fatality, said the head of the fire department in this city of nearly 5 million inhabitants located on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea.
The collapse of this two-story building occurred "following heavy rains recorded in the city of Douala on the night of July 10-11," the municipality explained in a statement published on social media.
In its statement, the municipality indicated that the damaged building had previously "been vacated by its occupants and sealed off" due to "dilapidation", but that "people had clandestinely reoccupied the premises, in violation of the security measures taken".
Deadly collapses are frequent in Cameroon. Last month, a similar accident killed one person and injured four in Douala.
In July 2023, forty people died in the collapse of a building in the middle of the night.
In 2016, Douala had half a thousand buildings threatening to collapse, according to an official census.
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