Several trapped, 15 rescued as two-storey building collapses in Lagos

 

A two-storey building collapsed in Lagos in the early hours of Monday, October 27, 2025, leaving several occupants trapped under the debris.

The incident occurred at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo area of the state.

According to the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, a rescue team from the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station was immediately deployed after a distress call was received around 12:20 a.m.

She revealed that the structure had previously been identified as distressed before it eventually gave way while residents were still inside.

“It is an ongoing rescue operation involving a two-storey building that had earlier been marked as distressed before collapsing on its occupants,” the agency stated.

“So far, 15 persons — seven men, four women, and four children — have been rescued with varying degrees of injuries and taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, and the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island.”

As of the time of filing this report, search and rescue efforts were still in progress.