
JUST IN: TWO DEAD, SIX RESCUED AS THREE-STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSES IN LAGOS
A three-storey building has collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos, with two persons reported dead and six rescued so far.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Oke-Osanyintolu, who said the immediate cause of the incident is yet-to-be ascertained, added that further investigations will be conducted.
“So far, two adult males have been extricated from rubbles of the collapsed building. Six seriously injured adult males were rescued and were administered immediate medical care by the LRU Pre-Hospital Care Unit, before being transported to Marina General Hospital for further treatment,” the statement said.
LASEMA said its Response Teams have commenced Search and Rescue Operation and LRT is coordinating other common stakeholders for effective response at the incident scene.
It added that the Agency’s heavy-duty equipment (Excavator) was deployed to the incident scene and is still in operation and light and heavy-duty equipment has been deployed for the Search and Rescue Operation.
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