Four injured in three-storey building collapse in Lagos

At least four persons were injured when a three-storey residential building collapsed at Number 3, Orosanye Street, Lagos Island, at about 6pm on Saturday.


The Managing Director of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Femi Osanyintolu, told SUNDAY PUNCH around 8pm on Saturday that his team had concluded preliminary rescue operation, and there was no other person trapped under the debris.


“We have been working here for almost one hour. We rescued four people from the debris, and we have used our sophisticated equipment to confirm that there is no other person trapped in the debris. All the four people rescued have been treated. There was no major morbidity. Nobody died in the incident.” Osanyintolu said.


The Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Command, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, also confirmed the incident and said no life was lost.


Though the cause of the collapsed building was not certain as at press time, the incident was the second case of building collapse on Lagos Island, in the past one month.


In July, about 15 persons were confirmed dead and several others injured when a three storey building collapsed at Mogaji Street, Lagos Island.


Following the spate of building collapse in Lagos State, the government sealed 34 houses on Lagos Island, which it said were unfit for human habitation and might soon collapse.


The state government also asked its officials to carry out thorough evaluation of other buildings in the area with a view to evacuating residents from those that are structurally unstable and pose a threat to the inhabitants.


The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olutoyin Ayinde, said the government was concerned about the loss of lives in the recent collapsed buildings in the state, and would ensure that the menace was eradicated.