{"id":91807,"date":"2022-02-13T12:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91807"},"modified":"2022-02-13T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:51:48","slug":"three-storey-building-collapses-in-yaba-rescue-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/three-storey-building-collapses-in-yaba-rescue-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-storey building collapses in Yaba, rescue underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1724635820069312865\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A three-storey building undergoing construction collapsed in the Akanbi crescent area of Yaba, Lagos, on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe building collapsed into a nearby building, and it is feared that many are trapped in the rubble.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some eyewitnesses said that parts of the building collapsed last year and that despite the police getting notified of it, construction resumed at the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not surprised at today\u2019s building collapse because part of it collapsed last year and we thought that the government would stop further construction on it but we were wrong,\u201d t<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">hey said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSince the collapse, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, and other emergency responders have rescued two persons at the scene of the three-story building<\/p>\n<p>Those rescued include a 14-year-old boy, who was sent on an errand to buy food for workers on site, and an adult male.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe rescue operations were jointly performed by LASEMA, National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, fire fighters, the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Red Cross and other sister agencies.<\/p>\n<p>NEMA Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed that five persons were trapped underneath the rubbles while two of them were rescued, he said, \u201cA three- storey building under construction at 16 Akanbi crescent off Adesina Adesina Street, Harvey, Sabo Yaba collapsed trapping about 5 workers.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-storey building undergoing construction collapsed in the Akanbi crescent area of Yaba, Lagos, on Saturday. 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