Woman rescued, many trapped as multi-storey building collapses in Eastleigh
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At least one woman was rescued while several people were feared trapped after an 18-storey building under construction collapsed along 9th Street in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on Friday, triggering a major search and rescue operation.
The building came crashing down at around 1pm, raising fears that construction workers, shopkeepers, customers and pedestrians could have been caught in the rubble.
The structure, which had a basement parking area, reportedly suffered a complete pancake-type collapse, with the floors collapsing onto one another.