Many pupils dead, over 100 trapped as school building collapses in Lagos.
Tragedy struck, some minutes ago, at Itafaji, Lagos Island, as a 3 storey building housing a school collapsed, killing and trapping many.
As at the time of filing this report, many students are being rushed to the General hospital, Marina, while parents are trooping there to search for their children.
It’s gathered that over 100 students are currently still trapped and being dug out.
As part of effort to rescue the trapped pupils who were wailing under the rubbles, men of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Lagos State Fire Service, and other rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene. According to source, the floor of the building houses a school where pupils were in class when the tragedy struck.
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