The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseyesaid the agency received an emergency call in the early hours of today.
She explained that the building, located at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop, had previously been declared unsafe before it finally gave way.
Adeseye confirmed that those rescued included seven men, seven women, and four children, all with different levels of injuries.
“It is an ongoing rescue involving an existing two-storey building which has reportedly [been] marked distress before collapsing on the occupants.
“Fifteen adults (seven male adults, four female adults, and four children) have been rescued with varying degrees of injury and taken to Federal Medical Center, Ebute Meta, and General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island,” the statement partly read.
KanyiDaily recalls that several students from the University of Benin (UNIBEN) were trapped in a storey building that collapsed during a heavy rainfall in Benin City, Edo State.
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