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Fifty children were feared trapped when a building housing a satellite church of Salvation Ministries collapsed during evening service at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Council of Delta State. The 10-year-old building was initially designed as a plaza before the church occupied the upper chamber and started to reshape it to suit its purpose. It finally caved in while it was undergoing reconstructions by the new owner, who allegedly bought the building at the rate of N300 million. About 15 women and 20 children have been rescued, but it could not be immediately ascertained whether they were still alive as they were being rolled into ambulances. A woman, who was wailing beyond control at the scene, said her three children were among those trapped in the building.