The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has disclosed that no life was lost in the Banana Island building collapse in Lagos.
OsunDaily News reported that an unconfirmed number of people were trapped in the building which collapsed in Lagos on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
Emergency responders were mobilized to the scene as several onsite workers were trapped in the rubble.
In a statement via Facebook, LASEMA said it was a six-storey building and the building collapsed due to a truck that ran into it.
The statement added that no life was lost in the tragic incident and efforts are ongoing to reconstruct the building to ground zero so as to forestall any secondary incident.
“Situation report on the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi
“Upon arrival of the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of the incident, a six storey building under construction was found to have collapsed. Information gathered revealed that the building collapsed as a result of a truck that ran into the building.
“Fortunately, no loss of life, however, efforts are ongoing to reconstruct the building to ground zero so as to forestall any secondary incident.”
Fire Guts Warehouse In Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed a tragic fire incident at a complex housing five fully detached warehouses beside Nigerian Breweries, Iganmu, Apapa area of Lagos State.
The state agency revealed in a statement that properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed during the raging fire on Wednesday morning.
In a statement made available to newsmen, the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Femi Okey-Osanyintolu, said there was no casualty record during the tragic fire incident.
