Seven children have been rescued from the wreckage of a building that collapsed on Lagos Island on Wednesday, residents said.
The building housed a school with about 100 pupils, they added.
Chronicle NG had earlier reported that many pupils were feared to have been trapped after a school building located in Ita Faji, Lagos Island.
The school is located within a three-storeyed building.
The school was located on the ground floor of the building, with two more storeys above it. It was not immediately clear what those floors were used for.
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Prince Adams, who lives in the area, told Punch Nigeria: ‘It is terrible. Parents are crying. I can’t withstand the gory sight.’
Adebayo Kehinde, Public Affairs Unit, LASEMA said emergency workers arrived the scene as quickly as possible.
“The incident occurred at about 10.30 am today as a three storey building collapsed at Ita-Faaji,” he said.
“The incident occurred at about 10.30 am today as a three storey building collapsed at Ita-Faaji,” he said.
“The search and rescue operation is presently ongoing with so many victims rescued alive from the collapsed building through combined efforts of LASEMA and other emergency responders such as the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Federal Fire Service.
“Others includes National Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria Police Force, Rapid Response Squad, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Nigeria Red Cross Society, Lagos State Neighborhood and Safety Corps.
The exercise is being coordinated by the General Manager Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu with the deployment of heavy and light rescue equipment from LASEMA and its stakeholders.
