A THREE-STOREY building, located at No. 353, Challenge Road, off Amu Street, Mushin, Lagos Tuesday collapsed at about 2.35p.m.

Several persons were trapped in the residential building, which caved in after a heavy downpour. However, the number of casualties could not be confirmed as at press time Tuesday.

A building also collapsed, killing three children of same parents in Adarawa area of Dange town in Sokoto State last Sunday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the structure caved in as a result of wind and rainstorm that occurred in the early hours of Sunday.

The victims of the disaster were Zahara’u, Yusuf and Zainab Abu-Malam, aged 15, nine and seven respectively.

The Chairman of Dange-Shuni Local Council, Alhaji Magaji Bodai, said Tuesday that two of the children died on Sunday while the third one died on Monday at a hospital following injuries sustained from the incident.

The chairman described the incident as an act of God and prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and for the family to bear the  loss.

Bodai said he had ordered an immediate rehabilitation of the collapsed building.

Over six buildings were reported to have collapsed in Lagos last month. In fact, five buildings collapsed in a week, killing over 10 people in the state.

Recently, a  building also collapsed at Jakande estate, Oke-Afa , Isolo area of Lagos, killing two sisters.

Another two-storey building collapsed in the same zone but there was

no casualty was recorded  as the occupants had reportedly vacated the building which was marked for demolition last December.