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Many trapped as three-storey mall collapses in Kano
Unspecified number of people are reportedly trapped inside the rubble of a three-storey shopping mall that collapsed on Tuesday in Kano.
The collapsed building is located in the Beirut Road area inside the GSM market of the Kano metropolis. The cause of the accident cannot yet be ascertained.
Some of the persons trapped under the collapsed building are said to be stall owners and other traders.
READ ALSO: One dead, others injured in Abuja building collapse
Nura Abdullahi, the coordinator of the Kano territorial district, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the building collapse, adding that rescue workers are on the site trying to rescue survivors.
The development is coming less than a week after two persons were killed following the collapse of a two-storey building in the Kubwa satellite town of Abuja.
Similarly, in Lagos, a recent building accident resulted in the death of two occupants of a one-room apartment in the Bariga area of the state.
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