4 individuals have been rescued alive from beneath the rubble of a collapsed two-storey constructing situated beside Cupid Resort, Sultan Dansuki Street, Part 2, Web site 2, in Kubwa satellite tv for pc city, Bwari Space Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday.
The collapsed constructing, which was beforehand used as a resort earlier than it was transformed to residential function, has 45 self-contained rooms.
LEADERSHIP stories that the officers of FCT Emergency Administration Division (FEMD), Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA), FCT Hearth Service (FFS), Federal Street Security Corps (FRSC), the Nigeria Safety and Civil Protection Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigeria Police Power (NPF), had been on the bottom attempting to rescue different occupants of the constructing trapped beneath the rubble.
The performing Director Basic of FEMD, Mrs Florence Dawon Wenegieme, who was on the scene of the collapsed constructing, stated that the company was notified of the incident by passersby.
She stated that additionally they acquired a misery name on the 112 emergency toll-free quantity at about 6.45am.
Wenegieme stated the search and rescue efforts will proceed till the final particular person is eliminated, if there may be nonetheless anybody trapped within the rubble.
She additional appealed to builders to comply with strictly the constructing code and keep away from the usage of substandard supplies.
Two of the rescued victims have been taken to the Kubwa Basic Hospital, whereas efforts had been nonetheless ongoing to seek for every other particular person which may be trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed constructing.
