Many people are feared trapped as a two-storey building collapsed in the Isale Eko area of Lagos State on Thursday.
The collapsed building was alleged to have been defective, and gave way as a result of a fire incident in parts of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island.
Confirming the incident to journalists, the Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said 14 other buildings were seriously impacted by the fire.
This fresh occurrence follows that of April, when four buildings collapsed due to the intensity of the fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island.
He said emergency responders including the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Federal and State Fire Services, the Nigeria Police and fire service of the Nigeria Ports Authority, were already at the scene of the event
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