16 Rescued , Others Trapped As 3- Storey Building Collapses
No fewer than 16 people were Thursday rescued from the rubbles of a three-storey building under construction which collapsed at Ilasa area of Lagos state, even as more people were still trapped in the debris.
It was learnt that the building caved in around 2:30pm on Thursday as rescue agencies had moved to site and were working frantically to rescue trapped victims.
Confirming the incident, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe said the three-storey building under construction collapsed at Richard Abimbola Street, Ilasa, Lagos, saying people were still trapped in the debris and that rescue was ongoing.
Giving situation report on the collapsed building, the General Manager Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu said, “On getting to the scene of incident it was revealed that an uncompleted building at No 6 , Richard Abimbola street collapsed while unknown number of labourer were doing their various works at different areas.
“Further investigation revealed that the building collapsed at around 2pm as 14 of the labourers had been rescued and some are been treated by the agency’s medical team and Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) while some had been rushed to the hospital. Extraction of trapped victims is ongoing and no mortality recorded at the moment. .”
It will be recalled that about two weeks ago, a two-storey under construction in Lekki area of Lagos collapsed, killing two people.
As of the time of filling this report, the state government had sealed off the building till the contractor provides evidence of building approval.
