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15 People Missing As Seven-Storey Building Collapses In Nairobi

About 15 people are missing after a seven-storey building collapsed on Monday night in an eastern suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Rescue workers are searching the rubble for survivors

The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that response teams were on the scene at the building, in the Kware Pipeline Embakasi area.

The Star newspaper said dozens were evacuated moments before the collapse.

 

Witness told the paper the building had been condemned after cracks appeared in its walls.

Witnesses said the building had been condemned

A total of 49 people died after a building collapsed in heavy rain in Nairobi in April 2017.

BBC

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