One Rescued After Nairobi Building Collapse as Search Continues

A building under construction collapsed in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district on Friday, October 23, and one man was rescued from the rubble the following day as emergency teams continued searching for people reported missing. Police said he was taken to hospital more than 24 hours after the collapse. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said seven people had been reported missing. Vincent Ochieng, a disaster officer with the Kenya Red Cross, said the organization had recorded 31 missing-person reports and was still verifying them. The figures reflect reports at different stages of verification, and the number of people whose whereabouts were confirmed remained unsettled as the search continued. Murkomen said 67 construction workers had been at the site: 66 escaped unharmed and one was injured. He counted the seven reported missing separately from the construction workforce. The Kenya Red Cross said some workers may have left before the collapse. Rescuers used sniffer dogs and thermal sensors to search the debris. The building was under construction in Eastleigh, a busy commercial and residential area. Police said more than 10 stories were being built, while accounts of its...