15 Rescued With Varying Degree Of Injuries As Building Collapses In Lagos

By Akinwale Kasali

There was pandemonium in the early hours of Monday as a-two storey building on 54, Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo area of the State collapsed.

According to a situation report issued by Margaret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the building caved in around 12:20 a.m. while residents were asleep.

Adeseye said firefighters from the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station were immediately dispatched to the scene following a distress call.

As the officials embarked on a rescue mission, 15 people were rescued.

They include;  seven men, four Women, and four children — with varying degrees of injuries.

They were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, and the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island.

The search and rescue operations are still ongoing as more victims are feared trapped under the rubble.

Building collapses continue to be a recurring tragedy in Lagos, which often time attributed to the weak enforcement of building regulations, the use of substandard materials, and inadequate structural supervision.

72 hours ago, tragedy Tragedy struck late Friday night when a three-storey building under construction collapsed at No. 333 Borno Street, Alagomeji, in the Yaba area of Lagos State, leaving two people dead and several others injured.

Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Acting Head of the Lagos Command of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibitayo Adenike, said that emergency responders recovered two male bodies while four men were rescued alive and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

According to Adenike, the structure collapsed around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, trapping several workers beneath the debris. She added that the exact number of people still trapped could not be determined until the site was fully cleared.

Emergency agencies, including the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), and the Nigeria Police Force, were on the ground to coordinate rescue efforts.

It would be recalled that in November 2021, a 21-storey building under construction in Ikoyi collapsed, killing at least 42 people, while another four-storey building in Yaba came down in September 2025, claiming multiple lives.