In total, 24 people were able to be removed from the rubble and hospitalized, most of them, according to the same source, four succumbed to their injuries. There are still “51 people missing, trapped under the rubble ” said a statement released during the night. The rescuers, divided into teams, concentrated their efforts in “three distinct areas” of the rubble of the collapsed building. “A work team of 75 people was on site at the time of the collapse of the building under construction, shortly after 2 pm local time (the same time in Mozambique), said the municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards. The construction companies involved in the project are working with the authorities to draw up a complete list of the people who have not yet been found.Mario Ferreira, spokesman for the NGO Gift of the Givers, present at the scene of the accident, told AFP that rescuers had communicated with some people who were under the rubble.The five-story building, which includes an underground car park, collapsed for reasons yet to be determined. Photographs of the accident show a destroyed construction site, around which several emergency services are installed. The roof of the building remains visible, unstable, above a pile of rubble.
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