MORE PICTURES FROM THE RESCUE OPERATIONS OF THE COLLAPSED BUILDING

A four-storey building at Mercy Street, Ita Faaji, Lagos Island, Lagos collapsed yesterday. The third floor of the building accommodates a nursery and primary school.

















 Emergency and rescue personnel are seen at the site of a building which collapsed in Lagos on March 13, 2019. – At least 10 children were among scores of people missing on March 13, 2019 after a four-storey building collapsed in Lagos, with rescuers trying to reach them through the roof of the damaged structure. The children were attending a nursery and primary school on the top floor of the residential building when the structure collapsed. Police said they believed scores of people were trapped under the rubble. (Photo/ AFP)

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