Two dead, many feared trapped as building collapses in Kano

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says two children died when a two-storey building collapsed in ‘No-man’s Land’, Fagge LGA of Kano.

Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA coordinator in the state, confirmed the development to NAN on Thursday.

The coordinator added that while a family of four was rescued, two children died in the rubble, while two persons sustained injuries.

He said the injured are currently receiving treatment in a medical facility.

“The agency received a distress call today at about 2:00 a.m from a good samaritan that a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land Quarters, Kano,” he said.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene.

“Four persons rescued by our team were husband, wife and two children; out of the victims, the two children were confirmed dead, while the couple were rushed to Armed Forces Specialist Hospital, Kano for treatment.”

Abdullahi added that personnel of the Kano state fire service, police, Red Cross, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and SEMA have commenced a search and rescue operation to recover persons still trapped beneath the rubble.