Seven dead, 10 rescued as Lagos building under construction collapse
Seven yet to be identified persons lost their lives on Sunday when a three storey building under construction collapse in the Obalende area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that 10 other victims were rescued by the emergency responders who raced to the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke- Osanyintolu, said the rescued victims were taken to hospital for treatment, adding that the corpses had been evacuated from the scene of the incident.
Oke-Osanyintolu said, “Upon arrival at the incident scene, a three-storey building under construction was discovered to have collapsed. The cause of the collapse has yet to be ascertained, but efforts are presently on going by the LASEMA Response Team and other responders to salvage the situation.
“As of 5.40pm, a total of eight men have been extricated alive by the LASEMA Response Team and other stakeholders and have been attended to and quickly transferred to the Lagos Island General Hospital by LASEMA paramedics for further medical attention.
“Four people, made up of three males and one female have so far been recovered dead and handed over to the SEHMU at he incident scene. A recovery operation is currently ongoing”.
However, the Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, in an update on the incident around 7.42pm, said the corpses of six persons were removed from the rubble while 10 other injured persons were rescued.
It was gathered that labourers were working on the third floor of the building which had earlier been sealed off by the Lagos State Building Control Agency, when it caved in, trapped and killed some of them.