A resident was injured and 14 Pakistani nationals rescued following the collapse of a two-story mud house in Riyadh's Al-Deira district on Friday afternoon.
Maj. Mohammed Al-Hamadi, media spokesman in Riyadh, said: “The Civil Defense received news of the accident at 1:09 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The mud-walled building consisted of two floors which collapsed, sending the debris on the street in Al-Deira district.”
“Civil Defense teams rushed to the site and found that the building in an area of 70 square meters had collapsed. The façade of the building had come down and resulted in injuring one person and damaging a car parked nearby,” he added.
Al-Hamadi said: “The accident also led to the detention of 14 Pakistani laborers who were in the building at the time.” The building was evacuated immediately by the Civil Defense teams. “Everyone was safe except for one citizen who was injured”, he affirmed.
Al-Hamadi stressed that investigation is still under way to ascertain the cause of the collapse.
In related news, residents of the Manfouha neighborhood in Riyadh were surprised by the collapse of an old residential building at about 10 p.m. on Friday evening.
According to eyewitnesses, the building was very old and its owner had died years ago.
Some of the local residents said that the building was uninhabited and had been abandoned a long time ago. There were no casualties, although some cars parked nearby were damaged. Police have begun investigations into this incident too.
One hurt, 14 rescued in house collapse
