A three-story school collapsed in Nigeria: more than 100 children trapped | Chronic

More than 100 children were stranded in a Nigerian school after the collapse of a three-story building in Lagos city, the country's largest, local authorities reported.

"The rescue operations of the Lagos State Rescue Unit are underway in a building that has collapsed in the Lagiaji area on the island of Lagos", the Lagos government reported on his Twitter account.

"It's terrible, the parents cry, I can not stand to see that"Prince Adams, witness of the collapse, told the local newspaper The Punch. The man stated that at least 10 children were taken away but he was not able to say whether they were alive or dead.

The landslide occurred around 10 am local time (6 am in Argentina) and, according to local media, many children may have died as the school was working on the third floor and the students were in clbad. .

According to the Lagos emergency management agency, Nigerian media reported that 19 people could already be saved alive, 12 adults and 7 children, and 10 other children alive were also found in the ruins.

"It's terrible, the parents cry, I can not stand to see that", Prince Adams, witnessing the collapse, told the local newspaper The punch. The man stated that at least 10 children were taken away but he was not able to say whether they were alive or dead.

The building was located on the island of Lagos, considered the financial capital of Nigeria and connected by roads to the rest of the city. Although the causes of the collapse remain unknown, neighbors told the press that the building had been denounced twice because of the conditions in which it was located.

"I was informed that it was a residential building housing an illegal school on the second floor"badured the governor Akinwumnu Ambode during a tour of the area where the school was located.

Ambode said that they had already been removed from the place "25 bodies, many lifeless"although he did not specify the number of deaths.

"The rescue team is fully responsible and will continue the rescue operation, but I call on the people to give rescuers the opportunity to save more lives.", added the governor in statements reproduced by the local newspaper The punch.

On his Twitter account, the local government had informed this morning that "The rescue operations of the Lagos State Rescue Unit are underway in a building that has collapsed in the Lagiaji area on the island of Lagos".