An unfinished three-storey wooden house located in Diamond New Housing Scheme, East Bank, Guyana, collapsed Saturday afternoon causing injuries to two construction workers.

One of the injured workers, identified only as Suresh, is said to have suffered a broken arm while his colleague sustained a fractured leg and abrasions to the body. The men were taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre and later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) for treatment.

The unidentified worker was treated and sent away. However, Suresh was rushed to theatre and later admitted a patient

Residents from Fourth Street, Diamond, said that around eight men were working on the building. Bishop Philbert London is reportedly the owner of the structure and is said to have been present at the site when the building collapsed.

When Stabroek News visited the area all that was left of the building was a pile of boards and the concrete posts, elevated a few feet off the ground, on which the wooden structure once stood. -Stabroek News