Death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in Lagos has risen to 10, an official has said.

Margaret Adeseye, director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, via the agency’s Twitter handle on Monday said that responders were already concluding their operations.

A three-storey building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute-Metta on Sunday night.

The incident happened when the residents had gone to bed, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

Adeseye said that 10 bodies had been recovered – six males and four females.

“24 (twenty-four) were rescued with varying degrees of injury and all in stable condition, including 2 (two) who are responding to treatment,” she added.

The fire service director said the responders are about to reach ground zero of the search and rescue operations.

“All the first and major responders are still collaborating to mop up the incident scene,” she said.

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