The rescue was several hours late
Just now, at around 1:30 p.m. local time on Monday, a 25-storey apartment building under construction in an upscale neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city collapsed! More than 100 workers are trapped alive under the rubble, and their lives and deaths are uncertain!
At least 4 people have been identified dead and dozens are still buried in the rubble.
Workers complained in despair about why the rescue had not arrived:
A worker who looked unconscious was lifted out:
This is the port of Lagos, Nigeria's richest region, with a population of 20 million people, a bustling tourist center, high-rise buildings, and is estimated to be the most modern city in Africa.
However, the bustling city always has a dark side, and this high-end apartment built for the rich has been built for 2 years, but today, it collapses in an instant.
At present, the small excavator is already working on the site, and it is not known whether it can rescue a large number of workers buried below.
One survivor, Eric Tetteh, a 41-year-old construction worker, said they were waiting for the excavator to arrive at the site when all of a sudden the house collapsed into a pile of debris!
Eric Tate said: "My brothers and I work and eat together every day, and now they are gone, it is estimated that they cannot escape, the 25-story building has collapsed into pieces, can the people inside still be saved?" ”
Lagos Police Chief Hakeem Odumosu said it was unclear what caused the collapse.
What's even scarier is that this kind of thing is very common in Lagos!
Because enforcement of building regulations is very weak, and various merchants are adding tofu residue projects to the development, the quality of private construction work in Grasse is very poor.
In March 2019, a school building in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed, killing 20 people and containing a large number of children.
In July 2017, a 4-story building in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed, killing eight people.
In July 2013, a 3-story building collapsed, and the death toll is unknown.
Continuing to list, there is a building collapse almost every year, and Africa's medical resources are scarce, and it is really tragic that it is impossible to get good treatment for rescue.
Source: Canada Presse
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