A three-storey building collapsed at 32 Ibadan Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos on Sunday night.
This was disclosed by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service on Sunday around 11pm via its Twitter handle.
According to the announcement, the rescue operations have started.
What the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service is saying
It tweeted, “An alert of a collapse of a three-storey building by 32 Ibadan Street, Ebute Meta was received at 21:48 hours, Sunday with Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service already at the scene.
“Search and Rescue ongoing with updates to follow, please.”
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, 20 persons have been rescued alive while two who sustained severe injuries were taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for treatment.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said, “20 rescued alive out of the victims rescued two sustained severe injuries and have been taken to LASUTH for further treatment.”
