Family dies of house collapse

Three family members have died and one child seriously injured after a wall of the house they were sleeping in fell on them.

According to public relations officer for Limbe police station Patrick Mussa the four met their fate on 2nd January around 5 am at Matchombe village in the area of Traditional Authority Machinjiri in Blantyre.

“The house was built along Lunzu River banks and due to heavy rains that started on the night of 1st January 2020 the neighbour’s fence made of rocks fell on the victim’s house completely demolishing it while the occupants were sleeping,” says Mussa

All the four were taken to Queen Elizabeth Central hospital where three were pronounced dead.

Meanwhile police advises the citizenry to avoid building houses along river banks and construct resilient ones.

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