At least four people have been rescued from the second building which collapsed at Egerton Square, Oke Arin, Lagos Island, today.
This was made known by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) in a statement today.
“The building had been marked by LASBCA for Demolition, which started yesterday… the officials were on top of the building when some scavengers tried to remove the doors on the ground floor and the remaining parts of the building collapsed on them,” the statement read.
“The four scavengers sustained minor injuries and have been taken to a nearest hospital.”
Naija News incident happened around 3:45pm today.
Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABCA) were demolishing a house beside the building when it caved in.
LASEMA spokesman’s, Kehinde Adebayo, had said earlier that a rescue team was on its way to the scene.
“We are currently on our way to the place. As soon as I get more update, I’ll get across to you,” he had said.
The development is coming five days after 20 persons, including school children, were killed in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos Island.
The state government had embarked on demolition of defective structures in the local government two days after the Ita–Faaji incident.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/03/18/see-the-number-of-people-that-have-been-rescued-from-lagos-second-collapsed-building/
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