2016 Lagos building collapse

none May 2026 June 2026 2016 Lagos building collapse 9 March 2016 Lagos, Nigeria Under investigation 34 Nigeria The location of Lekki District within Nigeria. Lekki District 6 29 36 N 3 43 14 E On 8 March 2016, a five-story building collapsed while under construction in Lekki District, Lagos, Nigeria. At least 34 people were killed.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-collapse-idUSKCN0WB1ZV At least 30 die in building collapse in Nigeria's megacity Lagos | Reuters 9 March 2016 Reuters 10 March 2016https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/construction-company-blamed-after-lagos-building-collapse-kills-34 Construction company blamed after Lagos building collapse kills 34 Agence France-Presse 9 March 2016 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 10 March 2016 Thirteen other people were pulled from the collapsed building alive in a rescue operation that ended late on 10 March.https://time.com/4253649/nigeria-lagos-building-collapse-lekki/ 34 Dead as Building Collapses in Lagos Iyengar Rishi Time 10 March 2016 Investigation Ibrahim Farinloye, from the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, said in a statement that "Investigation on the cause of the collapse has started by various federal and state agencies". The Lagos state government said in a statement that preliminary reports suggest the building construction was illegal, with the builders having been served a contravention notice for exceeding the number of allowed floors. The owners of the building apparently “criminally unsealed the property and continued building beyond the approved floors". Heavy rain had occurred in the area as well, with some pointing to that as an exacerbating factor. Victor Suru, a bricklayer working on the building, stated that "After they [the owners] finished building the house, rain fell and the house shifted a bit. They put iron in front of the house, [but] the iron couldn't hold the house. They left it like that and continued building."http://europe.newsweek.com/lagos-building-collapse-nigeria-435526?rm=eu A building collapsed in Lagos, killing at least 30 people Newsweek 10 March 2016 10 March 2016 See also 2006 Lagos building collapses 2019 Lagos school collapse 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse References Nigeria Nigeria Category:Building and structure collapses in 2016 Category:Disasters in Lagos State Building collapse Category:March 2016 in Nigeria Category:Building and structure collapses in Nigeria Category:2010s in Lagos State Category:2016 disasters in Nigeria Category:Lekki