Worshippers gathered for a Passover service on Thursday evening at a Pentecostal church in Empangeni when the roof collapsed.
Preliminary reports tentatively point to heavy rainfall in the region degrading the infrastructure of the church in Dlangubo, Empangeni.
“The roof of the building collapsed because of heavy rains last night … at this point, we have a total of 13 fatalities,” said Lennox Mabaso, spokesperson for the KZN Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department. A preliminary report has cited perpetual rain in the Northern KZN as part of the reasons for the collapse.Mabaso said the news was received with great sadness, and confirmed that 13 people had died in the collapse.
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