Collapsed building claims two lives, injures six in Lagos
No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead in a collapsed three-storey building in Lagos State.
Six others were rescued from rubbles of the collapsed building in the Lekki area of the metropolis on Wednesday.
Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who gave the update to newsmen in Lagos, said the victims were brought out dead from the collapsed building.
Oke-Osanyintolu explained that the immediate cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained.
The LASEMA boss added that further investigations will be conducted on the incident.
“So far, two adult males have been extricated from the rubbles of the collapsed building. Six seriously injured adult males were rescued and were administered immediate medical care by the LRU Pre-Hospital Care Unit, before being transported to Marina General Hospital for further treatment,” he said.
According to him, the LASEMA Response Teams have begun Search and Rescue Operation while the Lagos Rail Transport was coordinating other common stakeholders for effective response at the incident scene.
He said the Agency’s heavy-duty equipment (Excavator) was deployed to the incident scene and is still in operation and light and heavy-duty equipment has been deployed for the Search and Rescue Operation.
