Article 5RCXT Six dead and 100 feared missing after tower block collapses in Lagos

Six dead and 100 feared missing after tower block collapses in Lagos

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Rescue workers retrieve at least three survivors from rubble of luxury apartments under construction

At least six people have died after a luxury residential high-rise under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, collapsed, trapping construction workers under a pile of concrete rubble, the state emergency services chief said.

The official, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said a search and rescue effort had been launched for survivors late on Monday.

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