An 80-year-old woman has died from the impact of the partial collapse from a storey building located at 34 Oloto Street by Borno Way, off Freeman Street, Oyingbo, Lagos.
Emergency responders revealed that an internal suspended beam in a room collapsed at about 7:45am due to the aging and lack of maintenance of the structure .
The building has been cordoned off.
Permanent Secretary, of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, who confirmed the casualty, said no record of further injury in the unfortunate incident.
According to Oke-Osanyitolu, the agency received distress calls at about 8:30 am and the rescue team arrived at about 8:42 am.
“The Agency responded to distress calls concerning the above and upon arrival discovered a storey building in a state of partial collapse. Further information gathered at the incident scene revealed that an internal suspended beam in a room collapsed at about 7:45 am due to the ageing and lack of maintenance of the structure.
Unfortunately, an old woman died from the impact of the partial collapse.”he said
