Most of the occupants of the residential building were not at home when the incident occurred. The building have been built as a conventional apartment but two stories were added to it which weakened its foundation. A police source said, “The buildingwas built like ‘Face me I face you’ behind a four-storey building in the same compound but the landlord added two floors which weakened its foundation. “The building came crashing around 3pm and we all rushed there to rescue people. Three people were saved and have beentaken to the hospital for treatment. Unfortunately, a baby of about nine months was found buried under the rubble.” Sympathisers were able to salvagesome properties even before the arrival of the rescue officials. The incident expectedly worsenedthe usual heavy traffic in the area. The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, told our correspondent that rescue efforts had ended. He said, “We received a distress call at our station at Isolo that there was a building collapse and we rushed down to the scene. Three people were rushed to hospital while a baby of about nine months was found dead. “Rescue operations continued until no other person was found under the rubble.” State officials had sealed off and marked the building next to the collapsed one for demolition. According to state officials at the scene, the building had earlier been identified as a distressed. Hesaid that some of its occupants had vacated while some ignored the warning and stayed behind. The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, said, “The incident occurred during therain. The Divisional Police Officer, Mushin, received a distress call and mobilised his men to the scene. “Four people were rescued, including a baby but on getting tothe hospital, the baby gave up the ghost.” PLEASE CLICK ON THE (F) SHARE BUTTON ABOVE. AND DROP YOUR COMMENTS BELOW... TO GET MORE OF THIS; KEEP VISITING(www.naijaboards.blogspot.com) DAILY!
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