10 Rescued As Building Collapses In Lagos

 

A five-storey building has collapsed at Alakija inward Navy Town. The incident is currently affecting traffic flow, with a backlog extending to Oluti. Emergency response agencies, Men of the Nigerian police, Nigerian Navy personnel, officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, and PHCN personnel, are on ground coordinating rescue operations and managing the situation. An excavator has been deployed to assist in the rescue of persons trapped within the collapsed structure. Rescue and recovery operations are ongoing, and further updates will be provided as more information becomes available. Our Officers are present at the scene managing traffic situation. Motorists are advised to exercise patience, comply with traffic directives, and consider alternative routes where possible.

Ten people have been rescued with varying degrees of injuries following the collapse of a building in the Alakija area of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the building, which collapsed on Thursday, is a residential structure located at Old Ojo Road, by Alakija Bus Stop, off Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Satellite Town, Lagos.

“The incident involves the collapse of a storey building, an existing residential structure occupied by multiple residents at the time of the incident,” the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service Controller General, Margaret Adeseye, said in a statement on Thursday.

“As of the time of this report, 10 persons have been rescued alive with varying degrees of injuries and have been handed over to medical personnel for necessary treatment.”

According to her, the service received a distress call at 11:37 am regarding a building collapse incident, and immediately, emergency responders from the Ijegun-Egba Fire Station were mobilised and arrived at the scene at 11:49 am. 

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