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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two persons were feared dead while six were rescued as a three-storey building collapsed in the Lekki area of Lagos.<\/p>\n

This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, on Wednesday in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the immediate cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained, adding that further investigations will be conducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, two adult males have been extricated from the rubbles of the collapsed building. Six seriously injured adult males were rescued and were administered immediate medical care by the LRU Pre-Hospital Care Unit, before being transported to Marina General Hospital for further treatment,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

According to LASEMA, its Response Teams have begun Search and Rescue Operation, stating that Lagos Rail Transport was coordinating other common stakeholders for effective response at the incident scene.<\/p>\n

It added that the Agency\u2019s heavy-duty equipment (Excavator) was deployed to the incident scene and is still in operation and light and heavy-duty equipment has been deployed for the Search and Rescue Operation.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Two persons were feared dead while six were rescued as a three-storey building collapsed in the Lekki area of Lagos. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, on Wednesday in Lagos. 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