LASEMA rescues 27, recovers nine bodies from collapsed Lagos building

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has concluded search, rescue and betterment operations astatine the tract of the collapsed two-storey gathering adjacent Alakija Bus Stop successful Satellite Town, rescuing 27 persons live portion recovering 9 bodies from the debris.

The gathering reportedly collapsed astir 12:47 p.m. on Thursday in the Amuwo-Odofin country of Lagos.

In a connection issued on Friday by the agency’s Head of Public Affairs, Afolabi Olawale, LASEMA said exigency effect teams were instantly mobilised to the country pursuing distress alerts.

According to the agency, its Sharks Response Team from the Lekki Base and the Alpha Cobra Squad from Onipanu arrived astatine the determination wrong 40 minutes alongside different exigency responders.

Agencies progressive successful the cognition included the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps, LNSC, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Red Cross and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC.

LASEMA disclosed that each 27 rescued victims received contiguous aesculapian attraction from LASAMBUS officials earlier being transported to adjacent hospitals for further treatment.