- Four-storey school building collapses in Lagos
- Students and teachers evacuated moments before incident
- Building housed Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College
- No casualties reported
Students and teachers narrowly escaped death on Monday after a four-storey building housing Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College collapsed in the Ogba area of Lagos.
The building reportedly collapsed around midday on Monday at 11 Adudatu Street, behind County Hospital in the Aguda axis of Ogba.
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Witnesses said the structure gave way minutes after students and teachers were quickly evacuated, preventing what could have been a major tragedy.
A social media user, Eromosele (@Eromosele6), who shared information about the incident online, said the occupants had already left the building shortly before it collapsed.
“Students and teachers of a school in the Ogba area on Monday narrowly escaped death after a four-storey building housing the institution collapsed minutes after they evacuated the structure,” the post read.
Officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service later arrived at the scene and secured the area to prevent residents from approaching the collapsed structure.
Authorities restricted access to the site while emergency teams assessed the situation.
Reports also indicated that a section of the property used for residential purposes remained standing beside the part of the building that collapsed.
As of the time of filing this report, no casualties had been recorded, according to initial information from the scene.
Authorities are expected to conduct further investigations to determine the cause of the collapse.