DEATH TOLL RISES TO FIVE, 15 RESCUED IN LAGOS BUILDING COLLAPSE
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The death toll from the collapse of the three-storey building on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State has risen to five.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that 15 people have so far been rescued.
The building housing a local restaurant collapsed at about 8 am on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of people trapped beneath the rubble.
It was learnt that the building had been under construction.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, responded to a distress alert received in the early hours of Saturday, April 19, 2025, regarding a building collapse on Ore Meta Street, Ojodu, Lagos
The resident said that no sooner had some of the workers at the restaurant arrived than it caved in.
However, the South-West Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said three bodies, comprising three females and two males, were recovered from the debris at 1:56 am on Sunday.
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