Not less than three yet-to-be-identified individuals, together with an toddler and an grownup, have been trapped in a collapsed constructing within the Ebute Meta space of Lagos State on Friday.
That is simply as one individual was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed one-storey penthouse constructing.
The Director of Lagos State Fireplace and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, made this identified in a message to PUNCH On-line on Friday.
In response to Adeseye, the LFRSC obtained a disturbing name concerning the collapse of a constructing in Herbert Macaulay Method, Ebute Meta at round 9am on Friday, however when the hearth brigade crew arrived on the scene, one individual was rescued whereas three individuals have been nonetheless below the rubble. stating that efforts are being made to rescue the trapped sufferer.
She stated: “The Lagos State Fireplace and Rescue Service is presently responding to an emergency reported at 9am at 122, Herbert Macaulay Method, Lagos Bus Cease, Ebute Meta, Lagos, the place a one-storey penthouse constructing has collapsed and Two adults and a child. All females stay trapped whereas search and rescue efforts are underway.
“Nevertheless, an grownup feminine was rescued alive and in secure situation when the State Emergency Response was totally activated.”
Extra pictures from the collapse website.
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