Photos: Building Under Renovation collapse in Lagos, traps 50 workers, kills 4

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 A four story building collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Monday, killing at the least four construction workers, the Red Cross said, and leaving around 50 workers trapped in the rubble, in accordance with witnesses.

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The incident happened on a development site in a block on the prestigious Victoria Island, in a lagoon set back from the Atlantic, home with a of Africa's priciest real estate.

 "We heard a sound from the next floor of the building and we ran for our dear lives. Folks are trapped there and there are a few injured and some dead," worker Mohammed Segun told us, saying that over 50 of his colleagues were in the building when it went down.

Red Cross official Segun Akande said four bodies have been pulled from the wreckage to date and seven people have been rescued, three of whom were critically injured.   Building disasters are normal in Nigeria, where deficiencies in enforcement of regulation often contributes to hastily erected, unsafe structures.