Tragedy struck in the Fadeyi space of Lagos State on Friday when a two-storey building underneath development collapsed, killing one individual and trapping several others.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, confirmed the incident in an announcement issued by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Friday.
According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the building collapsed in the early hours of Friday, noting that rescue groups had been working to determine whether or not extra individuals remained trapped beneath the particles.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated LASEMA obtained a misery name in regards to the incident at 12:10 a.m., prompting the fast activation of its Cobra Response Team from the company’s Onipanu Base.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary additional said that the response workforce arrived on the scene two minutes later, at 12:12 a.m., and found that the two-storey construction, which was nonetheless underneath development, had collapsed.
He reiterated that the workforce subsequently commenced search and rescue operations after preliminary observations indicated that development staff might need been trapped beneath the wreckage.
According to him, emergency responders instantly started efforts to find and evacuate victims whereas implementing security measures to guard each the trapped individuals and personnel concerned in the rescue operation.
BREAKING: One dead, several feared trapped as building collapses in Lagos
