Many feared trapped as a tall building collapses in Kenya
Rescuers searched for survivors as police cleared crowds and officials said the building had no occupation certificate, raising fresh safety concerns.
- An 18-storey building under construction collapsed along 9th Street in Nairobi's Eastleigh area on Friday, October 23, 2026, leaving several people feared trapped beneath the rubble.
- Governor Johnson Sakaja's office confirmed the building had an occupied ground floor when it collapsed, raising concerns about the safety of workers and pedestrians in the busy Eastleigh neighbourhood.
- Nairobi police boss Issa Mohamed stated authorities have not yet confirmed the number of victims, though additional officers were deployed to coordinate emergency services and rescuers used excavators to move debris.
- Reuters reported crowds gathered at the site while rescuers searched for survivors, though the cause of the collapse and the number of casualties remain unclear.
- The incident underscores risks associated with rapid urban development in Kenya's capital, as authorities investigate structural integrity concerns affecting buildings across Nairobi and Eastleigh.
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Seven people are missing after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya. Rescue teams are still searching through the huge pile of concrete and metal and have already made contact with some of the missing. The building collapsed around noon on October 23 on a busy shopping street. There are conflicting reports about its height: AFP described it as 16 stories high, while the Kenya Broadcasting C…
Multiple people feared trapped after multi-story building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya
A building under construction collapsed Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, with people feared trapped beneath the rubble as rescue teams searched for survivors. The building was located on 9th Street in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi. The National Construction Authority said the area had been cordoned off and multiple agencies were working together on rescue efforts […]
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Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspects the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 23, 2026. (Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images)
The building was reduced to a pile of rubble when search and rescue teams arrived at the site, but they had difficulty starting to access the area, which was embedded among other high-rise buildings.
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