A child has been confirmed dead when a three-storey building
collapsed at Freeman Street, in the Lagos Island part of Lagos state.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, director-general, Lagos State
Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), who confirmed the incidence on Saturday,
said the building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday morning while the
occupants were still asleep.
He said six people have been rescued from the rubble of the
collapsed building while the corpse of the child has been taken to the
mortuary.
“The agency responded to emergency calls on the collapsed
building at Freeman Street, in the Lagos Island area of Lagos state,”
Oke-Osanyintolu said
“Upon arrival at the incident scene at 4am, a three-storey
building was discovered to have totally collapsed on people asleep inside. Six
victims have been extricated from the rubble alive while a single male child
was recovered dead.”
In June, the Lagos state government sealed off 42 buildings
in the Lekki area of the state to reduce the tide of building collapse and also
to protect the environment for adherence to proper planning.
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