Six people died after building collapsed in Lagos [Photo]

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that six
persons had also been rescued from the building
on 29b Oloto Street, off Cemetery Road, Ebute Metta, which collapsed at 2:00am on Thursday.

The Spokesperson of the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told NAN that the agency got
information that the building started cracking at
about 1:30am and finally gave way at about
2:00am.

Farinloye confirmed that six people had been
brought out dead, while six others were rescued
and taken to hospitals with minor injuries.
NAN reports that emergency workers were still
combing the debris for whoever might be trapped.
The report says officials of the Nigerian Police,
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Red Cross, NEMA, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the state Fire Service, as well as youths in the area, were
helping out.

A rescued resident of the building, Miss Dalikis Abdulamid, 23, told NAN that she was at the
balcony of the second floor when the incident happened.
She said that her mother and her four siblings were also rescued, but had been taken to hospital.
According to her, they had been noticing cracks in the walls of their rooms, but their father used
to patch these up with cement.
“We did not know that the building will collapse.
By about 2:00am when the building came down,
some of our co-tenants were trapped, while
some were dead,’’ she said.

Source: dailypost

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