By Akinwale Kasali
Nine bodies including a baby recovered, 27 rescued as at 10pm Thursday
A three-storey building has collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State.
The building, a commercial building collapsed in the morning hours of Thursday. As at 10pm, rescue and search operations were still on and would continue until it is confirmed that all living and dead have been accounted for.
As at 10 pm Thursday, nine bodies, including that of a baby have been recovered while 27 people have been rescued alive.
It was gathered that the building reportedly caved in at about 11:40 a.m. Thursday.
Eyewitness report states that residents and passers-by rushed to the scene shortly after the collapse, to save some of the occupants, while an anxious crowd gathered around the rubble amid fears that people might still be trapped underneath.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA, Fire Fighters and heavy duty excavators from companies are all on ground for tye search and rescue and, sadly, recover operations.
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