100 Feared Trapped In Nigeria High-rise Collapse

At least six people have been killed after a high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, officials said, with dozens of others feared trapped inside.

A yellow excavator pushed away concrete slabs in the search for people in the rubble of the 21-floor building, which collapsed on Monday in Lagos’s Ikoyi district.

The Lagos State emergency management agency on Tuesday said at least six people had died.

Rescue officials said many workers were caught inside the building when it crumbled though they could not confirm the number of people trapped. Witnesses say up to 100 people are missing.

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