A woman and two girls lost their lives to the incident which occurred on Tuesday in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.
Delta state Police Spokesperson Bright Edafe confirmed the number of casualties, saying 18 other people trapped in the rubble were rescued, adding that 15 of those rescued were injured and four of them have been discharged while the remaining 11 people are still receiving treatment.
Meanwhile, sources say the Deputy Governor of the state Kingsley Otuaro is expected to visit the site of the building collapse and brief the media on the cause of the incident and actions to be taken by the state government to prevent a recurrence.
It was gathered that officials of the Red Cross and fire service, as well as security operatives were said to have raced to the scene of the incident
Search and rescue operations began thereafter, leading to the recovery of the survivors from the rubble, but not with three lives lost
