LAGOS, June 26 (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and many others injured on Thursday after a multi-storey building collapsed in Lagos , the state’s commissioner for information said on Friday.
• The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, known as LASEMA, led a multi-agency rescue operation, deploying heavy equipment to reach people trapped under rubble.
• People were pulled from the debris and treated on site before being taken to nearby hospitals, authorities said.
• In all about 27 people have been rescued with injuries of varying severity.
• At the time of the collapse, the building was occupied by residents and office workers.
• Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ordered structural checks on nearby buildings and urged compliance with safety regulations.
• The incident has renewed concerns over frequent building collapses in Lagos, often linked to poor construction standards and weak enforcement.
(Reporting by Sanni Kazeem, Writing by Isaac Anyaogu; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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