Rescuers pull second body from Eastleigh building collapse rubble
A multi-agency team recovered the body of a woman from the collapsed Eastleigh building in Nairobi on Tuesday, police said. Four people have been rescued alive, and 16 were still unaccounted for as of November 1.
Rescuers have recovered a second body from the rubble of the collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi. The National Police Service (NPS) said on Tuesday that a multi-agency team had retrieved the body of a woman from the site. Police said four people have been rescued alive so far. The multi-storey building was under construction on 9th Street in Eastleigh. It collapsed on October 23, trapping workers and others who may have been inside. The first body, also that of a woman, was recovered on October 30. Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan announced that recovery, Capital FM reported via AllAfrica. According to The Star, rescue teams have been working to reach the lower parts of the structure, especially the basement. Some of the missing were believed to be trapped there. Rescuers are working through tonnes of concrete to reach sections that remain inaccessible. About 85 per cent of the debris had been cleared as of November 1, The Star reported. A verification exercise by the Kenya Red Cross and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) found that 16 people were still…
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