Many residents were trapped as a building collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State on Friday.
It was gathered that the building is situated opposite the Health Centre Ebute Metta along Cemetery Street.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, stated that there was no loss of life, adding that the cause of the building is yet known.
He said, “Upon arrival at the scene of the incident, it was discovered that a three-storey building collapsed and the cause cannot be ascertained.
The LASEMA Response Team led by Dops, LRU Ambulance Unit, Lasambus, LABSCA, Material Texting Agency, LASG fire service, the Police, and Ikeja Electric are responders at the scene of the incident. A search, rescue, and recovery operations have been concluded and one victim was rescued. There was no loss of life.” he added
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