Death toll in Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado area of Lagos has reached 20, with three more corpses recovered on Monday by emergency responders combing the buildings affected by the explosion.
The corpses were recovered from the rubble of some of the collapsed buildings at the Bethlehem Girls College in Abule-Ado.
Officials of the school confirmed the identity of the corpses to be workers of Bethlehem Girls College. The corpses consist of two females and one male.
Some of the residents of the area whose homes have been destroyed were seen on Monday morning parking their belongings from the rubble.
Rescue operation by FRSC, LASEMA, the Nigerian Red Cross, police, Federal and State Fire Service, Lagos State Neigbourhood Safety Corps is still ongoing.
The state Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross, Adebola Kolawole, while speaking at the scene of the incident, said, “Three corpses have been recovered.”
