Disaster Strikes! Panic as Multi-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos, Residents Screaming for Help

Several individuals were feared trapped beneath the rubble after a storey building under construction collapsed on Sunday afternoon at Idi-Araba, in the Mushin area of Lagos State.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Shakiru Amodu, confirmed the incident, stating that one adult male had been successfully rescued, while search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate others believed to be trapped.

According to Amodu, the collapsed structure was a single-storey building still under construction at the time of the incident.

He said, “A male adult has been rescued, and efforts are ongoing to rescue other victims trapped under the debris.”

In a separate incident, panic broke out at Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital in Lagos after a fire erupted in a nursing room on the second floor of the hospital located on Iju Road.

The blaze, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, sent patients and visitors fleeing for safety as flames engulfed part of the three-storey building.

Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the fire in a post on X (formerly Twitter), noting that emergency responders swiftly contained the fire, preventing it from spreading to other sections of the hospital.

She added that normal medical operations have since resumed, and services to the public continue without disruption.