Building Collapses at Dubai Airport
48 minutes ago
By RAWYA RAGEH, Associated Press Writer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A large wall in a building under construction at Dubai airport collapsed Monday, killing more than eight people and injuring many more, a contractor said.
Workers at the site said they saw up to 40 casualties being taking away, but there was no confirmation of the number of wounded.
"At least eight people were killed on the spot and some died in hospital, but we don't know how many," an official of Al-Naboodah Contracting Co., the main contractor at the site, said on condition of anonymity.
A large partition in a building under construction at the site collapsed, the contractor said. About 150 workers were on the site when the partition fell at 11 a.m..
"The wall fell down, and we all ran to help, but there wasn't anything we could do," said worker Daljinder Singh. "Rescue teams were very late in coming. It took them maybe one hour to arrive."
Other workers put the casualties at about 40, saying most were injured.
"I saw many, many of my colleagues being taken away," a worker said, before he was told to be quiet by a supervisor.