About 17 people have died and many left injured after a church collapsed in Ghana, Kemi FIlani News reports.
According to tip from local officials, many are trapped in the collapsed three story building.
Kemi Filani News gathered that 60 people were inside the building belonging to the church of Prosperity when it collapsed Tuesday in the town of Akyem Batabi.
AFP also gathered that rescue workers pulled eight people out alive and 17 corpses.
“We’re bringing more excavators to clear the rubble,” he said. “We fear there are more people trapped down there.”
Eastern Region Minister Eric Darfour said the rescued had been sent to the hospital.
“We do not have an idea of the number of people still trapped but the rescue mission is ongoing,” Darfour said.
The causes of the accident were still unknown but the church’s founder, Prophet Isaac Ofori, popularly known as Akoa Isaac, was assisting police with its investigation.