Another Body Recovered As Casualty Figures From Lagos Building Collapse Increase

Scene Of The Collapsed Building On freeman Street, Lagos
AJOKE PHILIP
The death toll in the Lagos collapsed building has reached four while five persons have been rescued alive.
Agencies that participated in operations are National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Federal and State Fire Services, National Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC), Police Disaster Management Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ambulances and Nigeria Red Cross.
In an update by the South West Zonal Coordinator NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, he said additional male body has been recovered from the collapsed building.
According to him, rescue operation will soon come to an end as they are about to get to ground zero.
Another Picture From The Collapsed Building Site
He said, “One male body recovered just again making it four recovered dead bodies and five persons rescued alive. The collapsed building under construction was located within a compound and it was a frame structure as at the time of the unfortunate collapse, the 3rd suspended slab concrete was already in place with ongoing internal partition.
“Building crumble during a downpour at about 1345hours. The building was bequeathed to the family members and one of the family members awarded it to a developer who was converting the bungalow building into 3 storey building before it collapsed.”
He, however, said cluster of buildings hampered the rescue operation, saying no one has claimed any relatives missing, therefore rescue operation may come to an end.
His words, “Alayaki Lane contains cluster of buildings and the rescue operation will have been hampered due to lack of space. With the operations, effort is ongoing to get to ground zero and no one is claiming any of his/her relative is missing.”

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