No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead in a collapsed building in the Maryland Area of Lagos State.
The early morning incident happened at Arowojobe Estate of the community on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
It was learnt that a set of three-storey under construction collapsed and trapped some of the workers working on the site.
Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the incident happened at No 13, Wilson Mba St., Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos.
He stated that the five 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 3.49 a.m. This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the scene of the incident at 3.58 a.m.
One of the rescued was receiving treatment on-site. Search and rescue operations began immediately, and five 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 those rescued were carried out through the efforts of LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire Service.
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