A woman has d!ed after falling into a 170-foot well at a construction site in Ijegun, Lagos. Her body was recovered by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service after a prolonged multi-agency operation
The agency said it received a distress call around 7:34 p.m. on Monday, June 30, reporting the incident at Abuba Anthony Street, near Obalagbe Bus Stop, close to Fadeko International Hotel.
According to a statement by the Fire Service’s Senior Public Affairs Officer, Maria Fadairo, on Friday, responders from the Ejigbo Fire Station arrived to find that a female adult had fallen into a deep well located at the front of a one-storey building still under construction.
The structure reportedly consists of six two-bedroom flats on a fenced 648-square-metre plot.
Due to the complexity of the situation, a multi-agency operation was launched. After days of coordinated efforts, the woman’s body was recovered on Thursday, July 10.
The rescue and recovery effort was led by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, working alongside the Nigerian Police, LASAMBUS, the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, and other emergency responders.
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