«Breaking News» Dozens of pupils feared dead as three-storey primary school collapses in Nigeria

Dozens of children are feared dead after a building housing a primary school collapsed in southern Nigeria.

The three-storey building came down around 10am on Wednesday in the city of Lagos, shortly after lessons started and while the classrooms would have been full.

At least ten children have already been pulled from the rubble, according to local reports, but many more are feared dead.

Dozens of children are feared dead after a three-storey building housing a primary school collapsed in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday

The building fell down around 10am on Wednesday after lessons had started and while the classrooms would have been full

One dust-covered child was pictured being carried out of the rubble, to cheers. But another child was pulled out and slung over a rescuer's shoulder, limp and dangling.

Onlookers crowded around in the densely populated neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and a city of some 20 million people.

Hundreds of people stood in narrow streets and on rooftops of rusted, corrugated metal. A single yellow excavator scooped at the ruins, a nest of rebar and dust.

Emotional, a number of shirtless men jumped in to offer assistance, hacksaws and mallets in hand. Some were barefoot. One held a water bottle in his teeth. 

The building was a mixture of residential apartments and classrooms, according to local media.

It was not immediately clear what had caused the collapse.

Prince Adams, who lives in the area, told Punch Nigeria: 'It is terrible. Parents are crying. I can't withstand the gory sight.'

Hundreds of people rushed to the scene as emergency workers began pulling children from the rubble, with dozens feared dead

Witnesses said at least ten children had been pulled from the ruins of the building before being rushed to hospital

Sani Datti, a spokesman with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said officials from the agency and other emergency services were at the site. 

'For now we don't have any word on casualties as we are still busy with rescue work,' he said.  

Nigeria is frequently hit by building collapses, with weak enforcement of regulations and poor construction materials often used. 

In 2016, more than 100 people were killed when a church came down in southeastern Nigeria.

In Lagos that same year, a five-storey building still under construction collapsed, killing at least 30 people.

A floating school built to withstand storms and floods was also brought down in Lagos in 2016, though nobody was reported injured.

 

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The three-storey building came down around 10am on Wednesday in the city of Lagos, shortly after lessons started and while the classrooms would have been full.
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