Building under construction collapses in Kenya, killing six
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
A building under construction collapsed near Gateway Mall on Mombasa Road, killing six people and injuring four. Three people were rescued and taken to hospital, while another was being sought, according to the Kenya Red Cross.
Six people died after a building under construction collapsed in Syokimau, near Gateway Mall, on Mombasa Road, in Machakos County, Kenya. About four other people were injured, while three survivors were taken to hospital, according to the Kenya Red Cross, cited by Tuko.
Teams from the Kenya Red Cross, the National Police Service and other emergency services were deployed at the scene to search for possible victims under the rubble. One person was still missing at the time of the Red Cross update, which said search and rescue operations were continuing.
The Syokimau collapse comes a few weeks after that of an 18-storey building under construction in the Eastleigh neighbourhood of Nairobi on 23 October. Searches in that case ended on 6 November after 15 days of operations, with eight bodies recovered and four people rescued alive, according to Tuko.
