Seven persons have been confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed at number 60, Odo street in Obalende, Lagos state today October 11.
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, the building collapsed at about 5.55pm. Seven fatalities, six men and one woman were recorded in the incident and taken to the morgue. Five severely injured persons were brought out from the rubble and transferred to hospital.
The Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said the one story building partially collapsed.
He said the attention of the agency was drawn to a building under construction in the area, which partially collapsed.
“The attention of the Agency has been brought to a building under construction at the above mentioned address which has partially collapsed.
“The emergency response plan has been activated and all responders are enroute the scene.
“Residents are to remain calm and keep away from the area,” he said.
On the cause of the collapse, he said the building had been sealed by LASBCA already, yet the owner commenced clandestine operations in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Recently, a three-storey school building collapsed at Ejigbo area of Lagos, but there was no casualty as the building caved in on a Saturday.
