One multi-storey building wey workers dey construct for Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya, don collapse on Friday afternoon, and fear dey say plenty people dey trapped inside di rubble. Red Cross confirm di incident for post on X, and talk say dem don dispatch rescue team go di site.
For di post on X, Red Cross tok say: “At around 1340 hours, a multi-storey building under construction collapsed on 9th Street in Eastleigh, Nairobi.” Di collapse push “Nairobi” enter Nigeria X trend table, where trends24.in track am as number 16 on Friday, as videos of di crash and di big dust wey rise begin circulate.
Reports no agree on how tall di building be. Sahara Reporters talk say na 14-storey building. The Mirror report say di skyscraper reach around 18 storeys, and say more than a dozen floors come fold on top of one another. Nairobi police chief Issa Mohamud however talk say di building get more than 10 upper floors under construction when e come down.
Casualties dey feared. Local media report looting and talk say e possible say people dey trapped under di rubble, while pictures show large crowd wey gather for di place. Videos wey dey spread online show di building crash down with huge cloud of dust for one busy business and residential district.
One plasterer, Joseph Kaula, wey dey work for fifth floor, talk say e waka out just before di building come down. E talk say e hear screams and see oda workers dey run outside, dey shout say di building dey collapse. “I was the last person to walk out before it collapsed and the whole area was filled with dust,” na wetin Kaula talk. E add say some of im colleagues fit dey trapped for basement.
Rescue work still face wahala as people begin loot shops wey dey near di site. Police fire tear gas to clear di area so emergency teams go fit get access to di rubble. Search and rescue teams move go di site after di building, wey dem dey construct, come down as one big pile of rubble.
Eastleigh na tightly packed residential and market area, and people sabi am as hub for di Somali community. Nairobi itself dey witness very fast construction boom, with high-rise buildings dey spring up all over di city as Kenya population dey grow.
No be only di collapse carry Nairobi name put for mouth. LEADERSHIP Newspapers report say Nigeria female boxers win three golds and one silver for Nairobi on Friday.
