A baby, along with several unidentified adults, remains trapped following the collapse of a one-storey building in the Ebute-Metta area of Lagos State on Friday morning.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed this distressing situation in an official statement.
The statement read, “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is currently attending to an emergency which was reported at 09:00 hours to 122, Herbert Macaulay Way, Lagos Bus Stop, Ebute Meta, Lagos where a one storey building with penthouse has collapsed and two adults and a baby, all females are still trapped with search and rescue ongoing.
“However, an adult female has been rescued alive in stable condition as the State Emergency Response fully activated.”