BREAKING: Another building collapses in Lagos, deaths recorded

• The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed that three site workers were killed in a building collapse at Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos
• The incident occurred at No. 13 Wilson Mba Street, where a set of three terraces under construction fell
• Permanent Secretary Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu reported that the agency responded to the distress call and arrived at the scene shortly after the collapse

On Thursday, July 25, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed that three construction workers died when a building collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland, Lagos.

Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s Permanent Secretary, shared this information in a statement.

Collapsed building in Lagos Photo credit: @upshotreports
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The incident occurred at No. 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the three deceased individuals were all male site workers, The Punch reported.

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The statement said:

“The agency received a distress call regarding a collapsed building at the above address at about 3.49am. This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the incident scene at 3.58am.“It was discovered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed.“Search and rescue operations began immediately and three adult males were recovered dead, two male adults were rescued alive and one adult male trapped under the rubble was rescued."

He added that the rescued ones were carried out through the efforts of LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire Service.

The statement further reads:

“All the six men were site workers. They are receiving pre-hospital care on location while the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the remains of the three fatalities.“A combined team of agency personnel, fire service and Nigeria Police are working at the scene. LASEMA’s excavator has been deployed to accelerate the search and rescue operations."

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5 trapped in collapsed building in Osun

In a related development, Legit.ng reported that an abandoned building in the Sabo area of Osogbo, Osun state capital, collapsed on Sunday, July 14, trapping five people inside.

The building, an uncompleted storey structure, had been used as a hideout by hoodlums and cultists before its collapse.

Source: Legit.ng