A young family has been forced to temporarily move in with relatives after parts of their inherited home in Isa Town collapsed following heavy rainfall early yesterday morning.
The incident occurred in Block 814, Road 1428, in one of the older residential pockets of the town.
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Hamad Al Bahri, 32, a Bapco Energies employee, said he, his 29-year-old wife and their two-year-old son narrowly avoided what could have been a tragedy.
"It is God’s will that we were not home when it happened,” he said. “We had gathered at my brother’s house in Hidd for Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr and decided to extend until Saturday for joint meals. That saved us from an ill fate.”
The house, originally constructed in 1970, suffered a collapse of its garage roof — an extension added in 1978.
Rainwater accumulated overnight on the weakened structure, causing one of the supporting columns to shift before the roof gave way.
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