In Ivory Coast, on Tuesday June 4, 2024, a R+3 building located in the Riviera Palmeraie district in Abidjan-Cocody collapsed.
Following the efforts of rescuers, several people were rescued, but unfortunately, there were 2 deaths and 16 injured in the accident, according to the AIP.
Informed of the collapse of the R+3 building on Boulevard François Mitterrand, the Ivorian government urgently dispatched a team to the scene of the disaster made up of the Minister of Construction and Urban Planning, represented by the Minister of Equipment and Road Maintenance Dr. Amédé Koffi Kouakou, the Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, and the Minister of Solidarity and the Fight against Poverty.
After inquiring about the condition of the premises, the government team, led by the Minister of Equipment and Road Maintenance, immediately went to the Angré and Treichville University Hospitals to the bedside of the affected tenants. of the collapsed building.
This promptness of the government in such sad circumstances is the emanation of the preponderant interest granted by the State of Côte d’Ivoire to the preservation of people and property throughout the Ivorian territory.
As a reminder, last Tuesday, May 24 (a week before) saw the holding of an emergency meeting of the interministerial committee in charge of preventing crises and disasters due to the rainy season on the horizon.
This meeting resulted in the recommendation by the said committee of a series of actions adapted to the security of the Ivorian populations.
Even today, compliance with these recommendations remains relevant.
It should be noted that the building contained a pharmacy.
The cashier is believed to be one of the deceased.
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