Several people were trapped early Monday after a two-storey building collapsed at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo area of Lagos.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident in a situation report.
She said emergency responders from the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station were deployed immediately after receiving a distress call around 12:20 a.m. on Monday, October 27.
“It is an ongoing rescue involving an existing two-storey building which has reportedly been marked in distress before collapsing on the occupants,” Adeseye said.
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According to her, 15 people, seven men, four women, and four children, were rescued with various degrees of injuries and taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Ebute-Metta and the General Hospital, Odan on Lagos Island.
Adeseye noted that the affected structure had earlier shown visible signs of distress before it eventually gave way. Rescue efforts were still underway as of the time of filing this report.
Building collapses have become a recurring tragedy in Lagos, often linked to poor construction standards, weak regulatory enforcement, and substandard materials.
