US EditionBuilding Under Construction Collapses on Temple in South Africa, Leaving 1 Dead
Preliminary reports indicate illegal construction with no approved plans, resulting in at least one death and multiple injuries at a Hindu temple site, officials said.
- On Friday, a multistory building being constructed atop a Hindu temple collapsed near Verulam, north of Durban, killing at least one person, city authorities said.
- The EThekwini Municipality said preliminary probes found no approved building plans and the building project was a three- or four-story extension of the temple on a hill overlooking a ranch.
- Prem Balram of Reaction Unit South Africa said some trapped people were communicating with family by cellphone, and municipality images showed twisted metal, collapsed pillars and rubble while Balram called the rescue a `mammoth task`.
- Initial reports said as many as six people may have been trapped and eight were taken to hospital, while the municipality reported `several injuries and entrapments` and rescue teams worked; one temple owner might be trapped.
- Last year, more than 30 construction workers died in George, South Africa, where investigations found design flaws, substandard materials and negligence raising safety concerns.
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Building under construction collapses on temple in South Africa, leaving 1 dead
Local authorities report that a multistory building under construction collapsed on a Hindu temple in Verulam, South Africa, killing at least one person and trapping several others.
Collapsed Verulam temple had no approved building plans: eThekwini - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
The eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal says preliminary reports confirm that no building plans were approved for the four-story temple that collapsed at Redcliffe in the Verulam area. One person has been confirmed dead, and others are still trapped under the concrete rubble. Several construction workers were taken to the hospital. It is alleged that the fully functional temple collapsed at the time when workers were placing an additional st…
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