Abbas Idris, head of the emergency management service in the Nigerian capital, announced that the search and rescue operation in the ruins of the two-story building had been completed.
Two people have been pulled dead and about 35 rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed overnight in Abuja, Nigeria.
It was around 23:00 (local time, 01:00 Greek time) when the two-storey building collapsed in the Garki district of the Nigerian capital. Rescuers rushed to the spot and, with the help of volunteers, freed survivors, who were taken to a hospital.
“We helped free several people. Two of them were unconscious. More than 20 people were pulled from the rubble,” Yakubu Inua, an employee at a nearby store, told Reuters news agency.
Abbas Idris, head of the emergency management service in the Nigerian capital, announced that the search and rescue operation in the ruins of the two-story building has been completed.
Building collapses are a frequent occurrence in Africa’s most populous country, with the Nigerian authorities mainly attributing them to urban planning arbitrariness and poor workmanship.
Source :Skai
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