Three persons reported dead, and several others injured in the early hours of Saturday, July 11, after a three-storey building collapsed at number 20 Freeman street in Lagos Island.
The occupants were fast asleep when the building collapsed.
The scene of the incident was attended by men from Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning, Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASSMBUS), and many others.
Six people were rescued from the rubbles and are now seeking medical treatment while the death were retrieved from the rumbles and deposited in a morgue.
“Nine to 10 families are suggested to be living in the building. Efforts are on to rescue the remaining people,” said Southwest Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Ibrahim Farinloye.
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