Six people have died after an eight-storey building under construction collapsed near the Nairobi SGR Terminus on Friday, November 13.
The building came down in the morning while construction work was ongoing, trapping workers beneath the rubble. Five people were pulled out alive and taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
Nairobi County confirmed the deaths in a situation report, saying three bodies were recovered during the initial rescue operation before three more were retrieved from the debris.
According to initial reports by the county, the upper part of the building collapsed as workers were on site.
The number of people who were in the building during its collapse had not been known at the time of publishing. Teams of rescuers were conducting search efforts to look for anyone caught under the rubble.
Some of the teams that included Nairobi City County Fire Team and Urban Search and Rescue Team among others were sent to the place to conduct the rescue mission.
The Kenya Red Cross also confirmed that its rescue team was carrying out its rescue mission alongside other emergency services. In one of the updates released, the organisation stated that there were three people rescued and brought to hospital while one person was missing.
County authorities advised drivers and the general public to stay away from the scene around SGR Terminus for rescue operations to be carried out without hindrances.
The cause of the collapse had not been identified and the investigation would determine the cause of the collapse of the building.
This comes in just less than a month after the collapse of an 18 storey building in Nairobi’s 9th Street, Eastleigh on October 23. Eight people died in that incident, while four others were rescued alive.
