One dead, eight rescued in Lagos building collapse

•Ikeja state pipeline ‘leakage contained’

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

One idiosyncratic reportedly died portion 8 trapped victims (all adults antheral operation workers) were rescued by men of the Lagos State exigency squad from the rubble of the collapsed four-storey gathering astatine fig 333, Borno Way, Alagomeji, Ebute-Metta, Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of the state.

Recall that the incident, which occurred connected Friday evening, caused panic among residents arsenic they scampered successful antithetic directions into safety.

Meanwhile, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has allayed the nationalist fearfulness connected passive leaked state pipeline with odour that pervaded Ikeja axis connected Friday evening, saying the concern had been brought nether power without immoderate grounds of actualities. The Deputy Controller General, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Olajide Ogabi, confirmed the developments.

According to Ogabi, each 8 trapped victims were rescued live arsenic of 5 americium yesterday and were receiving attraction successful hospital, arsenic hunt and rescue reached crushed zero portion evacuation of rubble continued.

However, a root astatine the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed that a yet to beryllium identified assemblage was aboriginal recovered and deposited astatine the morgue for further investigation. The recovered assemblage was captured connected NEMA authoritative X grip arsenic the bagged assemblage was being convered to the morgue. The four-storey gathering nether operation abruptly collapsed astatine astir 8 p.m. connected Friday arsenic reported earlier the involution of archetypal responders.

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