Four rescued in Abuja building collapse
Four rescued in Abuja building collapse
Abdullateef Fowewe
The National Emergency Management Agency has rescued four victims of a building collapse that occurred early today in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
A section of a two-storey residential building on Saturday morning collapsed in Abuja with several people trapped in the rubble.
The collapsed structure was part of a two-storey building located beside Cupid Hotel, Sultan Dansuki Road, Phase 2, Site 2, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council. The incident reportedly occurred at about 6:40 am today.
After responding to the disaster, NEMA according to a statement on its X (formally Twitter) handle on Saturday, conducted a search and rescue mission and confirmed that four people were rescued. Three of them have been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for minor injuries, while the fourth victim is still receiving medical care.
NEMA statement read, “Search and rescue at the site of the two-storey building that collapsed this morning in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja has been called off after four persons trapped under the rubbles were rescued.
“The rescue operation ended at about 4 pm after emergency workers cleared the fallen rubbles to ground zero to be sure that no one was left under the debris.
“While three of the rescued persons taken to the hospital were treated for minor injuries and discharged, one of them is still being attended to due to more serious injuries.
“The rescue team comprised the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the FCT Emergency Management Department, the Fire Service, the Nigerian Police and NSCDC among others.”
