Two more dead bodies have been recovered at the scene of the three-storey building, which collapsed in Lagos State on Sunday night, bringing the death toll to 10.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, announced the development via the agency’s Twitter handle on Monday, adding that responders were already concluding their operations.
A three-storey building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute-Metta on Sunday night when the residents had gone to bed.
Mrs Adeseye said that 10 bodies have been recovered – six males and four females.
She said, “24 (twenty-four) were rescued with varying degrees of injury and all in stable condition, including 2 (two) who are responding to treatment.”
The fire service director said the responders are about to reach ground zero of the search and rescue operations.
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families of those who died, sustained injuries, and were affected in the building collapse.