LASEMA mentioned its rescue staff has searched the rubble and confirmed that there was no sufferer beneath the collapsed constructing.

Seven individuals have been rescued in a newly constructed two-storey constructing that collapsed at 12 Cameroun Road, off Ewenla, within the Mushin space of Lagos State on Wednesday.

A press release by the Everlasting Secretary Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said that the seven rescued individuals, consisting of three females and 4 males, have been taken to a close-by hospital for therapy.

The company mentioned its rescue staff had searched the rubble and confirmed no sufferer beneath the collapsed constructing.

It added that the realm had been cordoned off and that operations have been nonetheless ongoing within the space.

Amidst flash flood incidents throughout the state, Mr Oke-Osanyintolu urged Lagosians to stay calm, chorus from non-essential travels, and guaranteed that emergency responders have been on excessive alert.

“The floods are already dissipating, and we urge individuals to stay calm,” he added.

The constructing collapse in Mushin provides to the rising checklist of structural failures throughout the nation.