A two-story building under construction collapsed on Wednesday at Area 5 Extension in Umuguma, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.
At least 9 people, including a family of 7 persons were rescued from the building while many sustained various degrees of injuries.
The injured were said to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
It was gathered that the building collapsed at about 12:30pm and that some of the victims were bricklayers working on the site.
A father of seven children, with other family members, residing in the uncompleted building who gave his name as Eke Martins, who also confirmed the incident said he was able to escape but that one of his children was injured during the rescue operation.