Mamadouba Bangoura

“[Then] the second wave came. That is what knocked over - pushed the house - and it fell,”

Mamadouba Bangoura · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24

Mamadouba Bangoura, who lost his house in the collapse, told Reuters the second wave of rubbish pushed his house over.

“There were a lot of people [buried]... It is very, very difficult to talk about it because seeing a human being lose their life like that is pathetic, it is so painful.”

Mamadouba Bangoura · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24

Mamadouba Bangoura told Reuters it was very difficult to talk about the loss of life from the collapse.