LAGOS—Ten persons, including a 17-year-old girl were rescued under the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed at 15, Iga Idungaran Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, yesterday. Fortunately, there was no fatality.
It was gathered at the scene of the incident that the immediate cause of the incident was due to ongoing renovation being carried out on the residential building. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Nigeria Police, among other emergency responders rushed to the scene to save trapped victims.
Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr. Femí Oke-Osanyitolu, said the 10 trapped victims were rescued from the rubble by joint effort of emergency responders.