The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says three bodies have so far been recovered from the rubble of the Great Nigeria Insurance building in Lagos, gutted by fire on Wednesday.
LASEMA spokesman Nosa Okunboron disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
He said that the bodies recovered included an adult female extricated from the collapsed structure and a decapitated man with severed limbs. Another body was also recovered.
LASEMA said that eight people with varying degrees of injuries, including a fireman, were rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.
The agency added that three males and two females, who sustained minor injuries in the fire, received first aid at the scene and were later discharged.
He said that search and rescue efforts by LASEMA’s response teams, NEMA, Red Cross, and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service were ongoing.
The agency assured that further updates would be provided as operations progressed.
(NAN)