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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed the death of one person following the collapse of a three-storey building in the Apapa area of Lagos State on Thursday.
According to LASEMA, eight other persons were rescued alive from the rubble after the incident, which occurred at No. 28, Baale Alayabiagba Street, Alayabiagba community, Ajegunle, Apapa.
The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen.
He said the agency’s emergency response team arrived at the scene at about 11:09 a.m., following distress calls, to find the building completely collapsed with several workers trapped beneath the debris.
“Following distress alerts at 11:09 a.m., LASEMA activated the state’s emergency response plans from Agbowa and Alausa. Upon arrival, it was discovered that a three-storey building with a penthouse had collapsed,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
He confirmed that eight adult males were rescued alive, administered first aid by officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, and later taken to Ajeromi General Hospital for further treatment.
However, one adult male victim was recovered dead from the rubble.
Although the exact cause of the collapse is yet to be determined, eyewitnesses told reporters that the building was undergoing manual demolition before it suddenly gave way, trapping some of the workers on site.
Emergency responders at the scene included personnel from LASEMA, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps, LNSC, the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and the Nigeria Police Force.
Oke-Osanyintolu assured that recovery operations had been completed and that investigations were ongoing to determine the structural or human factors responsible for the incident.
DAILY POST reports that a two-storey building collapsed in the early hours of Monday at No. 54, Cole Street, Cemetery Bus Stop, near UBA Bank in Oyingbo, Lagos, leaving several residents trapped beneath the rubble.
Again, one dead, eight rescued as three-storey building collapses in Lagos
