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Rescuers at Nairobi Site After 12-Story Building Collapse

The county governor’s office said the building’s ground floor was occupied, and a Reuters witness said rescuers were at the scene.

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Rescuers and an excavator work through rubble at the collapsed building site in Nairobi. (AI-generated image / EconoTimes)
Rescuers and an excavator work through rubble at the collapsed building site in Nairobi. (AI-generated image / EconoTimes)

The Straits Times reported that a 12-story building under construction collapsed in Eastleigh, a Nairobi neighborhood, on Oct. 23; the county governor’s office said people may be trapped beneath the rubble.

A Reuters witness said rescuers were at the site. Reuters video showed onlookers nearby as an excavator moved rubble.

The Nairobi County governor’s office said the building’s ground floor was occupied. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear, The Straits Times reported.

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