A two-storey building came crashing down early Monday morning at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in Oyingbo, Lagos, trapping multiple residents beneath the rubble.
The collapse occurred around 12:20 a.m. on October 27, 2025, prompting an immediate response from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service after distress calls flooded in.
Margaret Adeseye, Director of the agency, confirmed that a rescue team from Sari-Iganmu Fire Station was quickly dispatched to the scene.
According to officials, the building had been flagged as structurally unsafe before it gave way with people still inside.
“It is an ongoing rescue involving an existing two-storey building which had reportedly been marked in distress before collapsing on the occupants,” the agency stated.
So far, rescuers have pulled 15 people from the wreckage, seven men, four women, and four children, all suffering varying degrees of injury.
They’ve been rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, and General Hospital on Odan, Lagos Island.
Emergency teams remain on-site, working around the clock to locate and evacuate anyone still trapped under the debris.
