BY ADEYEYE VICTOR—The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service on Monday disclosed that a two-storey building has collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, leaving an undisclosed number of people feared trapped.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Monday, said that the agency received a distress call in the wee small hours of Monday.
According to Adeseye, the building located on 54, Cole Street, Cemetery Bus Stop, had been marked ‘Distressed’ before it collapsed on the occupants.
While disclosing that 15 people, comprising seven female adults, seven male adults, and four children, had been rescued with varying degrees of injury, said those injured were taken to the Federal Medical Center, Ebute Meta, and General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island.
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The director, however, said a rescue operation by the Sari Iganmu Fire Station of the LSFRS was ongoing.
“It is an ongoing rescue involving an existing two-storey building which has reportedly [been] marked distress before collapsing on the occupants.
“Fifteen adults (seven male adults, four female adults, and four children) have been rescued with varying degrees of injury and taken to Federal Medical Center, Ebute Meta, and General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island,” the statement partly read.
