Emergency responders search rubble at the construction site in Riverside, Ngara.
Kenya Red Cross sends response teams and two ambulances as rescuers search rubble in Riverside, Ngara.
Two people are feared dead after the Ngara building collapse on Saturday morning in Nairobi County. Preliminary reports also indicate that several people suffered injuries at the construction site in Riverside.
The incident occurred opposite Grand Residence, where site workers joined efforts to find people believed trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency responders also searched the debris for possible survivors.
Kenya Red Cross confirmed that it had sent its Action Teams and two E-Plus ambulances to the scene. In its statement, the organisation described the incident as a wall collapse.
Images from the scene showed responders wearing reflective vests and safety helmets searching a large pile of bricks and debris. The reported death toll remained preliminary as rescue efforts continued.
Ngara building collapse follows other deadly incidents
The Riverside incident came barely a day after another building under construction collapsed near Nairobi’s SGR terminus. That collapse killed six construction workers and prompted a multi-agency rescue operation.
The eight-storey structure near Syokimau partially collapsed on Friday, trapping workers beneath the debris. Rescue teams then began searching the site.
That incident, in turn, came barely three weeks after a collapse along 9th Street in Eastleigh. An 18-storey building under construction collapsed there on October 23, killing eight people.
The repeated incidents have raised concerns about construction safety in Nairobi and neighbouring counties. They have also renewed questions about regulatory oversight and the enforcement of building standards.
