Photos: Many trapped as three-storey building under construction collapses in Lagos

Many people are reportedly trapped under rubble after a three-storey building under construction, collapsed this afternoon at Richard Abimbola street in the Ilasa area of Lagos state. Officers of the state Emergency Management Authority are at the scene of the incident to rescue the trapped victims.

Meanwhile about 7 of the construction workers have been rescued.













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