Three die in Lagos building collapse

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says three site workers died in a building collapse in the Maryland area.

NAN reports that Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s permanent secretary, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday.

He said the incident occurred at No 13, Wilson Mba street, Arowojobe Estate in Maryland. 

He added that three other site workers were rescued alive and are receiving pre-hospital care.

“The agency received a distress call regarding a collapsed building at the above address at about 3.49 a.m,” he said.

“This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the scene of the incident at 3.58 a.m. It was discovered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed.

“Search and rescue operations began immediately and three adult males were recovered dead, two male adults were rescued alive and one adult male trapped under the rubble was rescued.

“All the six men were site workers.

“They are receiving pre-hospital care on location while the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the remains of the three fatalities.

“A combined team of agency personnel, fire service and Nigeria Police are working at the scene.

“LASEMA’s excavator has been deployed to accelerate the search and rescue operations.”