Death toll from rubbish heap collapse in Uganda reaches 24 as rescue teams find more victims
Red Cross personnel carry the body of a victim at the site of a collapsed landfill in Kampala, Uganda, August 11, 2024
THE death toll from a mountain of rubbish that collapsed in the Ugandan capital rose to 24 today as rescuers with excavators continued searching for victims, according to the city authority.
At least four children are among those killed by the collapse at the Kiteezi landfill on Friday, police told reporters.
The collapse is believed to have been triggered by heavy rainfall. The precise details of what happened were unclear, but the city authority said there was a “structural failure in waste mass.”
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