WATCH: Joburg building collapse in Lenasia leaves one injured

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Cape Town – A building collapsed in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, on Tuesday evening, injuring one person.

The incident occurred at the corner of Guinea Fowl Street and Smew Avenue, prompting emergency services to close the area for rescue operations.

Residents have been advised to avoid the site and use alternate routes.

Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson Nana Radebe confirmed that a single person was rescued from the rubble and taken to a nearby medical facility, The Citizen reported.

“Around 7:44pm this evening, the City of Joburg Emergency Management Services received a call about a structural collapse at Lenasia. On arrival, rescue technicians managed to remove one patient from the rubble to a nearby medical facility.

“EMS can confirm that only one person was at the building at the time of the incident after several interviews with eye witnesses,” Radebe said, according to the report.

An investigation into the cause of the collapse is underway.

This incident follows similar tragedies in South Africa, including the collapse of a building in George last year, which killed 13 people, and a shop wall collapse in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape, which claimed five lives.

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