Building Collapse in police barracks: Several occupant survives miraculously

Building Collapse in police barracks: Several occupant survives miraculously

 

Scores of people  escaped death by the whiskers in Lagos yesterday  when a two-story building
collapsed at the Police Barrack, Pedro area of the  state.
Our correspondent gathered that the two-story building, comprising 27 flats collapsed because it was already dilapidated.

Residents said part of the building caved – in  and collapsed and became rubble as a result of the weak structure which had since betrayed its structural integrity.
It was observed that the particular side of the building which collapsed was made of thick wooden frame acting as support for the pillar before it caved in.
The  General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authourity (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, the building collapsed partially at Block six, Pedro Police Barrack, Shomolu,  adding that the block is a two-story building.
He said ,“The entire structure of the toilets and bathroom ripped off and reduced to rubble. No life was lost and there was no injury. Victims were advised to vacate their homes.”
Courtesy; LEADERSHIP NP