Seven storied building in Huruma collapses-Updated

Reports on the ground indicate that a building has collapsed in Huruma trapping scores of people. The collapsed building is in a residential area.

Relaible sources indicate that it was seven storied. Sirens can be heard with  ambulances and first responders rushing to the scene.

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UPDATE

One person has died while 14 casualties have been rescued and admitted at KNH after a six storey building collapsed at Huruma estate in Nairobi.

Scores of people are still trapped in the top three floors of the building that came tumbling down at around 8pm on Sunday at Kasanova area.

Kenya Red Cross Society said three of those injured have been discharged from hospital.

 

Rescue operations are still going on despite residents flocking the area to have a glimpse of the collapsed building, the second in a span of one month.