Death toll in Lagos building collapse hits two, six injured

Two persons have been confirmed dead while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

The building which was under construction reportedly caved in on Tuesday evening and fell on some persons suspected to be workers at the site.

PUNCH Metro reported on Wednesday that one yet-to-be-identified male adult lost his life while three others were injured at the site of the collapsed two-storey building.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Shakiru Amodu, had on Tuesday noted that a search and rescue operation was ongoing.

Meanwhile, in a final update of the search and rescue operation released by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Wednesday, a teenager was also recovered dead.

This brought the number of dead victims to two while the injured persons were six.

Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the bodies of the deceased victims were handed over to the health team for necessary action while the injured persons were treated by the LASEMA medical team.

He said, “A teenager, about 15 years old, and an adult male recovered, were confirmed dead and subsequently bagged by emergency responders and handed over to the SEHMU officials.

“Also, six victims were rescued and attended to by the medical team.”

The perm sec disclosed that “the collapsed building has been completely demolished and brought to ground zero with the use of the agency’s sophisticated heavy-duty equipment.”

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