Abuja Plaza Collapse: FEMA rescues 37 victims with 2 fatally injured
Story from Vincent CHIKAMSO, Abuja
Emergency officials have rescued 37 people with two of them “fatally injured” after a multipurpose two-storey plaza located at Lagos street, Garki Village in the Garki District of the Federal Capital Territory, collapsed late Wednesday night amid heavy downpour.
According to Vanguard news, the rescue operations had been purely manual and slow over the night as there was no immediate access to an excavator to speed up the rescue efforts.
Confirming the development, the Director General of FCT Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Dr Abbas Idriss, said 37 persons had so far been rescued at the scene of the collapsed building.
He also said the victims have been evacuated to various medical facilities in Abuja.
“Thirty seven persons have so far been rescued and evacuated to hospital, others reportedly still trapped. Rescue team and others are on ground. Rescue operations on but slowly due to ongoing rain”. They are making frantic efforts at getting an excavator to remove people from the rubble”, he added.
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The DG commended the efforts of all stakeholders working hard manually to rescue trapped persons, including members of the community.
He revealed that rescue mission continues while they await the arrival of equipments to aid the operations.