Three people, two women and a man, have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building that was being used as a church collapsed on worshippers in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Sunday. Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak stated that 20 others, primarily women and children, were rescued and treated in various hospitals, expressing quasi-certainty that no additional victims were trapped in the wreckage. Emergency teams continued their search through the night under floodlights, while the cause of the building's collapse, following heavy rains, remains unclear as investigations are ongoing.

The collapsed structure was reportedly part of an unfinished school in Accra's New Town area, and locals had been using it for church services despite its incomplete state. Eyewitnesses described the building as poorly constructed and highlighted that its weak structural integrity was known within the community. This tragic event has reignited discussions around building safety standards in Ghana, reminding residents of the catastrophic collapse of a shopping center back in 2012 due to similar issues. As operations to check for any remaining worshippers continue, the community mourns the losses incurred in this somber occurrence.