NEMA Coordinator, Kano State Territorial Office, Nuraddeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Kano.

He said the agency received a distress alert that a three-story uncompleted building had collapsed at Abedi Sabon Gari, Kano.

The Coordinator also added that the incident occurred at about 6:42 p.m. on Sunday following a prolonged and heavy downpour.

“On receiving the information, we immediately mobilised a Search and Rescue ,SAR, response team to the scene in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders,” he said.

Abdullahi noted that eyewitnesses confirmed that several occupants were in the building at the time of the collapse, with many trapped beneath the rubble.

The NEMA Coordinator further added that two fatalities had been confirmed, while six injured persons had been rescued.