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 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A four-story apartment building collapsed overnight in Nigeria's commercial capital, and Red Cross officials helping pull survivors out of the rubble Wednesday said at least 16 people were killed.
Up to 180 people were believed to live in the building, located in a poor Lagos district, but it was not known how many were home when it suddenly collapsed Tuesday night.
Red Cross official Timothy Oladene said 36 people, many of them wounded and caked with dust and debris, had been rescued and taken to hospitals across the city.
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