By Chinedu Echianu
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has rescued two residents trapped in the rubble of a collapsed one-storey residential building in Kubwa, Abuja.
The building, located at Kubwa 2/2 by Yellow Page, reportedly collapsed at about 11:30 a.m. on Friday.
According to a statement signed by FEMD spokesperson, Nkechi Isa, the department received a distress call concerning the incident at about 11:38 a.m.
Isa said the right segment of the building, which comprised six blocks of flats, collapsed and trapped two tenants who were in their ground-floor apartment at the time.
She added that other residents of the building were said to be away when the incident occurred.
Several household items were destroyed in the collapse, according to the statement.
The two rescued victims were subsequently taken to Kubwa General Hospital, where they were said to be in stable condition.
Officials of the Department of Development Control and the FCT Police Command also attended the scene of the incident.
The cause of the building collapse was not immediately disclosed.
