Cambodia building collapses with two dead, more trapped

 

A rescue team searches for trapped workers at a collapsed building, which was under construction in Kep, Cambodia January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A building under construction in Cambodia collapsed on Friday with more than 30 people on site, killing at least two workers and leaving others trapped under rubble, officials said.

 

It came a year after another construction site collapsed killing 28 people in Preah Sihanouk province.

 

Local media said the latest accident came at a seven-storey concrete structure in the coastal town of Kep, about 160 km (100 miles) southwest of the capital Phnom Penh.

 

At least two people were killed and 16 people injured, said Kep governor Ken Satha. "We pulled out 17 people, including one dead man and woman," Satha told Reuters.

 

An estimated 13 workers remained trapped, Cambodia's national police spokesman Chhay Kim Khoeun said.

 

The cause of the collapse, nature of the structure and ownership of the building were unknown, he added.

 

"Now, we focus on rescuing people."

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Facebook he would leave to participate in the rescue operations in Kep.

 

Cambodia is undergoing a construction boom to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors.

 

(Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-04

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"to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors"

Really! I read only the other day that 430,000 Chinese had left Cambodia due to the new ban on on-line gambling, the main reason for Chinese tourists and investors. Two more photos posted on my Facebook page from Cambodian friends:-

 

Edited January 4, 20206 yr by Burma Bill
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