About three persons have been confirmed dead in another building collapsed on Thursday in Lagos State.
Reports have it that many other persons sustained severe injuries following the collapse of the building located at number 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate Maryland, Lagos.
At the time of this report, officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, are said to be on rescue operation at the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, the permanent secretary of LASEMA, Femi Oke-Osanyitolu said two persons were rescued alive from the rubble.
“Three adult males were recovered dead, two male adults were rescued alive, and one adult male trapped under the rubble was rescued alive by the LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire service.
“All the six men were site workers. They are receiving pre-hospital care on location while SEHMU has been contacted for the remains of the three fatalities,” Oke-Osanyitolu disclosed.
On the issue of quick response by the agency on such incident, the LASEMA boss said they were always on hans whenever the agency was contacted by witnesses, as was the case in the latest occurrence.
“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 added that the those rescued, who were all site workers, was through the efforts of LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire Service.
“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.
