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Two bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a five-storey building that collapsed in Satellite Town, Lagos on Thursday.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service disclosed this in an update sent to SunOnline at 4:13pm.
“Update: Unfortunately, two have been recovered dead,” the service said.
Earlier, the Controller General of the service, Margaret Adeseye had said 16 persons were rescued alive from the incident that occurred on Old Ojo Road, near Alakija Bus Stop, off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
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It was learnt that the survivors sustained varying degrees of injuries and were handed over to medical personnel at the scene.
The service explained that it had received a distress call at about 11:37 am and immediately dispatched emergency personnel from the Ijegun-Egba Fire Station to the scene.
Thr search for possible survivors trapped beneath the rubble remains ongoing.
