3 Feared Dead, 5 Rescued as Two-Storey Building Collapses in Osun

Three persons have been confirmed dead, while five others were rescued alive after a two-storey commercial building under construction collapsed in Owode-Ede, Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State.

The incident occurred around 11pm on Friday at Zone 8, Oke Alaafia Community, triggering an emergency rescue operation involving the Federal Fire Service and other security and emergency agencies.

The spokesperson for the Federal Fire Service, Osun State Command, DSF Ojo Omoyemi Olamide, disclosed this in a statement, saying the command received a distress call through its emergency line at about 11:30pm and immediately deployed personnel to the scene.

According to her, five victims were rescued alive and rushed to Idera Specialist Hospital, Ede, for urgent medical attention, while the bodies of three deceased victims were recovered and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, A Division, Ede.

Olamide said the collapsed structure was a two-storey shopping complex comprising six shops on the upper floor, six shops on the middle floor and two stores on the ground floor, covering an estimated area of 50 metres by 100 metres.

She added that preliminary investigations suggested possible structural defects and the use of substandard building materials as the causes of the collapse.

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The rescue operation was concluded at about 9:26am on Saturday, after which personnel returned to their station.

The fire service spokesperson further disclosed that the estimated property loss from the incident stood at N100 million, while property worth approximately N150 million was salvaged.

The operation involved the Osun State Fire Service, Ede Station; the Nigeria Police Force, A Division, Ede; and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Owode-Ede Division.

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