JUST IN: LAGOS BUILDING COLLAPSE CLAIM THREE LIVES

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Agency Report

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday confirmed the death of three site workers on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of the state.

This was verified by Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s permanent secretary, in a statement provided to the News Agency of Nigeria.

According to him, the incident took place in Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos, at No. 13, Wilson Mba Street.

According to him, the three men who were found dead at the building were construction workers.

Around 3.49 in the morning, the agency received a distress call reporting a building that had collapsed at the aforementioned address.

“As a result, the agency’s response team was dispatched to the incident site at 3:58 a.m.

“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 said.

He continued by saying that the Lagos State Fire Service and LASEMA worked together to rescue the victims.

“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,” he said.