Tragedy struck in the Fadeyi space of Lagos State on Friday when a two-storey building underneath building collapsed, killing one particular person and trapping several others.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, confirmed the incident in a press release 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 ascertain whether or not extra folks remained trapped beneath the particles.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated LASEMA acquired a misery name concerning the incident at 12:10 a.m., prompting the quick activation of its Cobra Response Team from the company’s Onipanu Base.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary additional acknowledged 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 building, had collapsed.
He reiterated that the workforce subsequently commenced search and rescue operations after preliminary observations indicated that building staff may 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.
