Five Die,23 Rescued from Lagos Collapsed Building
The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of five persons as a three-storey building caved in on Ibadan Street, in the Ebute Metta area of the state late Sunday.
THECONSCIENCENG gathered that no fewer than 23 persons including children were said to have been rescued alive.
The occupants were said to be in their various apartments when the building suddenly collapsed and trapped some of them.
Immediately, emergency agencies were alerted as some residents resorted to self help by searching the rubble to rescue the trapped victims.
The building had also been marked as distressed but the occupants were deviant.
However, the building has been re-sealed and occupants evacuated by officers.
“Four deaths including two male and two female. 23 people have been rescued alive including seven children and 16 adults. Another young man, Tahin, has just been recovered, making five deaths.”
The Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement late Sunday, had said some of the injured victims were rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for urgent treatment.
He said, “On arrival at the incident scene, an old three-storey building comprising rooms and parlour was discovered to have collapsed.
Further information gathered revealed that the incident occurred around 10.56pm with an undetermined number of people trapped.
“A search and rescue operation is ongoing. 20 rescued alive and out of the victims rescued, two sustained severe injuries and have been taken to LASUTH for further treatment,” he said.
