Lagos building collapse: Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die

Published:Dec 7, 202310:03
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Anxious members of the family and enormous crowds gathered close to the location of the incident hoping to hear information on the destiny of these nonetheless trapped underneath chunks of masonry and mangled metal the place the building as soon as stood.National Emergency Management Agency coordinator for Lagos Ibrahim Farinloye informed Reuters by way of textual content message that the demise toll had climbed to 22 after a number of our bodies had been recovered in a single day. Nine folks had been pulled out alive.
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Building collapses are frequent in Africa's most populous nation, the place rules are poorly enforced and development supplies usually substandard.The Lagos state authorities mentioned there had been some building infractions throughout development earlier this yr however didn't say whether or not these had been rectified.
The state's chief architect was on Tuesday suspended indefinitely as the federal government launched an unbiased investigation into the causes of the collapse of what was deliberate to be a high-end condo block. The outcomes of the probe will probably be made public.


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