Two individuals have been confirmed useless when a constructing collapsed on them in Ebute-Meta space of Lagos State.
The Everlasting Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Administration Authority, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this identified in an announcement on Friday.
PUNCH On-line stories that at the least three but to be recognized individuals, together with an toddler and two adults, have been trapped in a collapsed constructing in Ebute Meta space of Lagos State.
That is simply as one particular person was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed one-storey penthouse constructing.
The Director of the Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, earlier instructed our correspondent that the company acquired a misery name a couple of collapsed constructing in Herbert Macaulay Approach, Ebute Meta, at about 9am on Friday.
When the fireplace brigade arrived on the scene, one particular person was rescued, whereas three others have been trapped below the rubble.
In a follow-up replace, the LASEMA boss confirmed that two individuals died within the accident, whereas one particular person was rescued.
“The Lagos State Emergency Administration Company has deployed its emergency response plan on the website of a collapsed two-storey penthouse residential constructing. The reason for the collapse continues to be unknown. One grownup man was rescued, two have been discovered useless, whereas different residents escaped because the constructing confirmed indicators of collapse,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
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