Many people including children were feared trapped on Wednesday after a building containing a school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, an emergency agency spokesman said, as rescue efforts began
1 / 6People gather as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building containing a school in Nigeria's commercial capital of LagosPeople gather as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building containing a school in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade AdelajaBy Nneka Chile and Temilade Adelaja
Workers on top of the rubble shoveled debris away as thousands of people swarmed around the rescue site -- dozens watching from rooftops and hundreds more packed into the surrounding streets. At the site, many people were shouting and screaming. A fight almost broke out as anger at the collapse boiled over.
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