Many feared trapped as two-storey building collapses in Lagos, 15 rescued

Several residents have been trapped after a two-storey building collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos in the early hours of Monday, October 27, 2025.

The incident occurred at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop, leaving many occupants buried under the debris.

Confirming the development, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said a rescue team from the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station was immediately deployed to the scene following a distress call received at about 12:20 a.m.

According to Adeseye, the building had earlier been identified as structurally distressed before it eventually gave way while residents were still inside.

“It is an ongoing rescue involving a two-storey building that had been marked as distressed before collapsing on the occupants,” the statement read.

“So far, 15 persons seven men, four women and four children have been rescued with varying degrees of injuries and taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Ebute-Metta and the General Hospital, Odan, on Lagos Island.”

As of the time of filing this report, rescue operations were still underway, with emergency responders working to locate more trapped victims.