The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.
Dr. Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, confirmed the incident and casualty figures on Friday.
Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano: “We received a distress call today at about 9:20am from a good Samaritan that a three-storey building under construction collapsed at Kuntau quarters.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene.
“So far, five persons were rescued and taken to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, out of which three were confirmed dead, while two victims sustained injury and are receiving treatment.”
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Abdullahi noted that the search and rescue operation was still ongoing to rescue those trapped.
He listed those involved in the search and rescue operation to include the NEMA rescue team, Kano State Fire Service, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Red Cross, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Kano State Emergency Management Agency, adding that they were “still at the site of the incident to ensure removal of other trapped victims”.
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