After a six-story structure under construction toppled upon their home at daybreak on Thursday, rescue personnel in Kenya are attempting to contact members of a family who are thought to be trapped.
According to St. John Ambulance Kenya, the structure collapsed in the Ruaka neighborhood of Kiambu county, which is close to the nation’s capital, Nairobi. The adjacent structure collapsed while the family was sleeping inside their home, it was added.
RUAKA COLLAPSED BUILDING UPDATE.
6 storey building under construction collapsed at around 5am.
A neighboring private home affected with a family who were sleeping at the time it collapsed believed to be trapped. Rescue team trying carefully to reach the family members alive. pic.twitter.com/hygKJdUcYS— St John Ambulance Kenya (@StJohnKenya) November 17, 2022
Two days prior, in Kasarani, a city less than 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) away, a multi-story structure that was still under construction collapsed, killing at least three people.
