{"id":6880,"date":"2013-07-21T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/collapsed-house-kills-5-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2013-07-21T20:25:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T20:25:07","slug":"collapsed-house-kills-5-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/collapsed-house-kills-5-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Collapsed house kills 5 In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kazeem Ugbodaga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several persons have been confirmed dead as another two-storey building under construction collapsed today in Surulere area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. While the Lagos State Emergency Agency said five persons died, spokesman of the Federal agency said four persons died.<\/p>\n

The building, located at 32\/36 Ishaga Road, Surulere collapsed after heavy downpour in the early hours of today.<\/p>\n

General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said that five persons died in the collapse while three out of the five people injured had been treated and discharged. Few other survivors are still being treated in the hospital.<\/p>\n

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Oke-Osanyintolu said the building collapsed around 10.00 am after a heavy downpour, saying that rescue operation was still on to ascertain if some people were still under the debris.<\/p>\n

He added that the building might have collapsed because the developer made use of substandard materials but noted that investigation was still ongoing.<\/p>\n

However, The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said four persons, including a 13-year old bread hawker died in the collapsed building.<\/p>\n

NEMA\u2019s spokesperson, Ibrahim Farinloye told P.M. NEWS that two of those injured had been taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while another victim who needed surgical operation was taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.<\/p>\n

According to him, the house had been marked two times for the developer to stop construction, but he continued working on the building, adding that no worker was working on the building at the time it collapsed.<\/p>\n

In another development, a 12 storey building was gutted by fire at around 8:00 a.m at Ademola Adetokunbo Way, Victoria Island.<\/p>\n

Farinloye disclosed that only the ground and first floors of the building were affected before the fire was put out<\/p>\n

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