Residents of Ilufe Street, at Ojo Alaba area of Lagos State woke up on Tuesday morning to witness the collapse of a three-story building.
The incident reportedly occurred around 7:00 a.m.
According to one of the residents who preferred anonymity says: “We noticed the building bending and the doors became stiff, we had to struggle to open the doors, when the doors were open we carried some of our belongings and vacated the house that night.”
Residents living around the collapsed building said “we heard an explosion which caused everyone to take to their heels, only to discover later that it was a building that collapsed. But we thank God no life was lost.”
It was also gathered that it was only the landlord that slept in the building, and it was not up to 10 seconds the landlord left the premises, that the building collapsed.
Residents, however, kept lamenting over their belongings that were still trapped as most of them came out with just their phones.
The cause of the collapse could not be immediately ascertained as rescue operators including officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), the Red Cross; Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Lagos State building control agent and men of the Nigeria Police officers were seen evacuating residents from other buildings that are likely to be affected by the collapsed building.
The collapsed building has, however, been sealed.