An eight-storey building under construction collapsed near the Nairobi SGR Terminus in Syokimau.
Emergency teams search rubble near the Nairobi SGR Terminus after an eight-storey building under construction collapsed on Friday.
At least six people died in the Syokimau building collapse on Friday morning, Nairobi County confirmed. Rescuers pulled five people alive from the rubble and took them for emergency medical care.
The eight-storey building under construction stood along Mombasa Road, near the Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Terminus. Preliminary county findings indicate that its top slab gave way while construction workers were working at the site.
Rescue teams initially recovered three bodies from the debris. They later retrieved three more, bringing the confirmed death toll to six as the search continued.
Syokimau building collapse prompts rescue operation
The Nairobi City County Fire Team and Urban Search and Rescue Team deployed to coordinate rescue efforts. Meanwhile, Kenya Red Cross responders worked alongside other emergency partners at the scene.
In an earlier update, the Red Cross said rescuers had taken three survivors to hospital. Its teams were also searching for one person reported missing. The county subsequently reported that five people had survived and were receiving emergency treatment.
As emergency teams searched the debris, the county urged the public to stay outside the immediate incident perimeter. It also asked motorists using Mombasa Road near the SGR Terminus to keep clear so responders could work.
The collapse follows another deadly incident in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area weeks earlier. On October 23, an 18-storey building collapsed along 9th Street, killing eight people. Rescuers pulled four others from that building alive.
