{"id":3973,"date":"2020-07-24T16:27:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2020-07-24T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:27:39","slug":"residents-trapped-as-3-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/residents-trapped-as-3-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents trapped as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tragedy struck again in Lagos on Friday, as a three-storey building collapsed, leaving some occupants of the house trapped in\u00a0 rubbles.<\/p>\n
The sad incident occurred at No. 95, Abeokuta Street, Cemetery, Ebute-Meta area of the densely populated Lagos city, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre.<\/p>\n
As gathered, the building, located opposite the Health Centre along Cemetery street, in Ebute-Meta, suddenly caved in on Friday afternoon, as people scampered for safety.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>Shipping giant Maersk to stop taking waste to China, Hong Kong from Sept<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n However, operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) have swung to to rescue the residents.<\/p>\n Among those already brought out of the bubbles is a 30-year-old lady, who was said to have sustained injuries and had been moved to a hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The emergency responders said the cause of the collapse could not be immediately ascertained.<\/p>\n However, other emergency workers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), federal and state fire services, among others, have joined LASEMA to rescue those affected in the building collapse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tragedy struck again in Lagos on Friday, as a three-storey building collapsed, leaving some occupants of the house trapped in\u00a0 rubbles. The sad incident occurred at No. 95, Abeokuta Street, Cemetery, Ebute-Meta area of the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[746,41],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-3973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-lagos-building-collapse","10":"tag-nigeria"},"yoast_head":"\n