Kiambu building collapses

2022 - 9 - 26

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Image courtesy of "BBC News"

Kenya Kiambu building collapse: Rescue efforts under way (BBC News)

Emergency workers pull a child from the rubble in Kiambu county but at least six people have died.

He called on the police to help officials enforce building regulations. Twisted metal, stones and cracked slabs of concrete are strewn all over. It collapsed at 05:30 local time (02:30 GMT), before any builders had arrived to start work.

Kenya: Death Toll From Kiambu Building Collapse Rises to Five (AllAfrica.com)

According to police spokesman Bruno Shioso, eight people have so far been rescued from the rubble and this includes a six-year-old girl who was rushed to Kiambu ...

This is the latest such incident to happen in the area and the industry which is blamed on lack of supervision and greediness by contractors. "It is true, five people have died from the building collapse in Kiambu," he told capital Newsbeat on telephone. Kiambu โ€” The death toll from the six-storey building collapse in Kirigiti, Kiambu has risen to five.

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