Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has confirmed that three people have died following the collapse of a three-storey building at Accra New Town, as rescue teams continue efforts at the scene.
The incident occurred on Sunday at an uncompleted structure within the premises of the Accra New Town Experimental Basic School, a site also used by Christian worshippers.
Initial reports had confirmed two deaths, but the latest official update places the death toll at three.
Rescue operations intensified into the night, with emergency teams working under floodlights to reach victims trapped beneath the rubble.
Personnel from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana National Fire Service, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and the National Ambulance Service have all been deployed.
At the scene, the Minister stressed that authorities had taken extra steps to verify the casualty figures before releasing them
So far, information that has been cross-checked, double-checked, visited all the hospitals, just to be sure that we don’t give any information that may be far away from the fact,” he said.
He acknowledged the difficulty in determining how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse, but said coordinated data from emergency agencies has provided clarity.
