Another Lagos building collapse claimed lives of four people and injured five more

A one-story building under construction in Flourmill Estate, Magbon, near Badagry, Lagos State, collapsed on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring five others.

Around 3 p.m., the building collapsed on the nine construction workers on-site, according to a witness, Oluwagbenga Ogundele.

Residents were alerted to the scene by a visitor to the site, according to Mr Ogundele, who works as a security guard near the site.

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“The visitor was not in the building when it collapsed, but he was the one who called for help, and officers from Area ‘K’ arrived to save them.”

“We were able to rescue five alive because they were calling for help, while four of them gave up the ghost.

“Police, Fire Brigade and our intervention saved those that survived,” the witness told NAN.

NAN also reports that the five injured labourers were taken to Catholic Church Hospital, Magbon, while the four dead bodies had been deposited at Badagry General Hospital mortuary.

One of the elders in the Estate who spoke on condition of anonymity told NAN that the building had been abandoned by the owner for close to six years before work resumed on it recently.

“It was recently that a new owner started building another floor on top to make it a storey building.

“Around 3p.m., we had a loud sound and when we got to the scene, the building had collapsed on the labourers working inside it,” he said.

Ibrahim Farinloye, South-West Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the incident.

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Mr Farinloye said that four persons died while five sustained injuries during the collapse.

Lagos State Building Agency, LABCA, has sealed up the premises of the collapsed building.