Many people were feared trapped as a two-storey building collapsed in the Isale Eko area of Lagos state on Thursday, May 30.
The structure, which was said to have been defective, gave way following a fire in parts of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island.
The Lagos territorial coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the incident, said 14 other buildings were seriously impacted by the fire.
He said emergency responders including the NEMA, Federal and State Fire Services, the Nigeria Police, and fire service of the Nigeria Ports Authority, were already at the scene of the event.