One person was killed and two others rescued after a two-storey building being manually demolished collapsed in Aboru, Lagos, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said on Thursday.
The building, located at No. 42 Governors Road, Aboru, in Alimosho Local Government Area, collapsed around midnight while workers were demolishing it.
In a statement, the LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency’s Alpha Eagle Response Team was dispatched from its Cappa, Oshodi Response Unit at 12:56 a.m. after receiving a distress call.
He explained that the team found workers trapped beneath the rubble on arrival and immediately began search and rescue operations.
“Preliminary findings indicate that the building was being manually demolished when the collapse occurred,” Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said.
