Nigeria Preacher's Guesthouse Collapses, Killing Three
Scores are feared to have been killed after an uncompleted Guest House belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nation collapsed Friday afte...
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Scores are feared to have been killed after an uncompleted Guest House belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nation collapsed Friday afternoon at the headquarters of the church in the Ikotun area of Lagos.
Officials and witnesses said the death toll could rise as rescue effort progresses.
The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said the building, which was initially a two-storey complex, was being refurbished with three additional floors already added to it when it collapsed at about 1 p.m.
Emergency officials raced to the scene but three people were already dead before their arrival, Mr Farinloye said.
Fifteen people were however rescued alive, and rescue effort was still ongoing as at the time of this report. Mr Farinloye said several others are still trapped underneath the building.
The General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Tolu Oke-Osanyintolu, declined to provide casualty figures but said 20 injured people had been evacuated to hospital.
The church has been undergoing expansion works in the past few months.
Local media in Nigeria are speculating that close to 70 people were in the elaborate edifice as of the time the building collapsed.
Scores have them been left with scathing injuries and are in critical condition.
Among them were workers of the church and some construction workers.
Many of the Church members were also trapped by rubble.
Four ambulances have been loaded with victims and driven straight to the hospital.
Source: GBC
Officials and witnesses said the death toll could rise as rescue effort progresses.
The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said the building, which was initially a two-storey complex, was being refurbished with three additional floors already added to it when it collapsed at about 1 p.m.
Emergency officials raced to the scene but three people were already dead before their arrival, Mr Farinloye said.
Fifteen people were however rescued alive, and rescue effort was still ongoing as at the time of this report. Mr Farinloye said several others are still trapped underneath the building.
The General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Tolu Oke-Osanyintolu, declined to provide casualty figures but said 20 injured people had been evacuated to hospital.
The church has been undergoing expansion works in the past few months.
Local media in Nigeria are speculating that close to 70 people were in the elaborate edifice as of the time the building collapsed.
Scores have them been left with scathing injuries and are in critical condition.
Among them were workers of the church and some construction workers.
Many of the Church members were also trapped by rubble.
Four ambulances have been loaded with victims and driven straight to the hospital.
Source: GBC
