The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of four persons and the injury of seven others following the collapse of a three-storey uncompleted building in the Abedi Sabon Gari area of Fagge Local Government, Kano State.
Dr. Nuraddeen Abdullahi, Coordinator of NEMA’s Kano Territorial Office, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.
According to him, the agency received a distress alert at about 6:49 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, indicating that a building had collapsed at the location after a prolonged and heavy downpour.
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“Upon receiving the information, we immediately mobilised a Search and Rescue (SAR) response team to the scene in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders,” Abdullahi said.
He disclosed that eyewitnesses reported that several people were in the building at the time of the collapse, many of whom were trapped beneath the rubble.
“As of 1:56 a.m. on Monday, two persons had been confirmed dead, while six others were rescued with injuries,” he initially stated.
However, updated figures later confirmed a total of four fatalities and seven injured individuals.
Emergency operations have since been concluded at the site, and authorities are expected to conduct a structural assessment to determine the cause of the collapse and ensure safety in the surrounding area.
