Six laborers who were trapped under a collapsed roof of a mosque under construction were rescued by Civil Defense in the neighborhood of Aseelah in Makkah on Monday.

The accident occurred just before noon as they were concreting the 25 by 15 m roof. Three of the injured are in a stable condition and two suffered medium-level injuries.

Six teams participated in the rescue operations commanded by Col. Ali Al-Muntasheri, assitant director of the Civil Defense in Makkah.

“Six workers of Egyptian and Pakistani origin were injured in the collapse and were rushed to hospital,” said Maj. Saleh Al-Olayani, Makkah’s Civil Defense spokesman, adding that search operations for more workers trapped in the debris are underway.

Preliminary investigation, including a statement made by the labor contractor, showed that no other workers were missing.

The Makkah Municipality has set up an engineering committee to find the technical cause behind the building accident, the spokesman said.