Many trapped, rescue operation on as 4-storey building collapses in Abuja

A four-storey building under construction in the Life Camp area of Abuja within the Federal Capital Territory collapsed on Monday with many feared trapped under its rubbles.

Blueprint gathered that the incident occurred while workers were on the construction site in the swampy Dape area near Berger Clinic.

According to sources close to the scene, no fewer than 20 persons are feared trapped in the rubble as officials of the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency were making frantic efforts to rescue victims from the collapsed building.

Already, FCT Fire Service has confirmed the incident.

Rescue operations were still ongoing as at the time of filling this report.