JUST IN: Lagos Building Collapse, Five Dead

On Thursday, July 25, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of three site workers, on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland, Lagos State.

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who’s the agency’s Permanent Secretary, had confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria.

According to him, the incident happened at No 13, Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos. He also said that there males who were recovered dead at the building, were site workers.

“The agency received a distress call regarding a collapsed building at the above address at about 3.49am.”

“This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the incident scene at 3.58am. It was discovered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed.”

He also said that,“Search and rescue operations began immediately and five adult males were recovered dead, five male adults were rescued alive and one adult male trapped under the rubble was rescued.”

He added through the efforts of LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire Service, the rescued ones were also carried out.

“All the six men were site workers. 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.”