By Standard Digital
Reporter
One person is feared
dead, scores trapped as a four-storey building collapsed in the sprawling
Mlolongo area in Nairobi.
The building, which was
still under construction, collapsed at 6pm leaving several occupants, including
customers in a restaurant, trapped in the debris.
“Eight rescued in Mlolongo collapsed
building, others trapped, one feared dead. Kenya Red Cross in rescue efforts,”
the Kenya Red Cross tweeted a few minutes after 8pm on Saturday. Those rescued
were rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital.
Those at the scene said voices could be heard from the debris of
the four-storey collapsed building.
Witness Saturday said that the owner of the building was seen in
the second floor inspecting his property moments before it collapsed.
A resident told The Standard Digital the building appeared to have
been constructed on a swampy area and its foundation could not hold the other
three-storeys.
Details of the casualties remained scanty although the Kenya Red
Cross and Nairobi City Council fire brigade personnel arrived at the scene to
try and rescue the survivors. Nairobi PPO Anthony Kibuchi was on sight but
could not confirm the number of casualties.
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