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Fifteen people are reported missing after a seven-storey building collapsed on Monday night in an eastern suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.<\/p>\n
The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that response teams were at the scene, in the Kware Pipeline Embakasi area.<\/p>\n
The Star newspaper said dozens of people had been evacuated moments before the collapse.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told the paper that the building had been condemned after cracks appeared in its walls.<\/p>\n
The co-ordinator of the rescue efforts, Pius Masai, said that more than 100 people had been accounted for, but added that some people may still be trapped.<\/p>\n
\u201cRescue efforts are ongoing,\u201d he said in a statement, and appealed for people with access to \u201ccutters, drillers and any other extrication equipment\u201d to help with the search.<\/p>\n
The National Disaster Management Unit said that most families acted when ordered to leave the building prior to its collapse, with 121 people making it to safety.<\/p>\n
Local media reports that some people re-entered the building apparently to collect their belongings when it caved in, possibly trapping them. Police said they do not know how many people are trapped.<\/p>\n
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Building collapses are a problem in Kenya with many people in Nairobi living in low-income areas or slums. Housing is in high demand, and developers often bypass regulations.<\/p>\n
In April 2017, 49 people died after a building collapsed in heavy rain in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
At the height of Kenya\u2019s rainy season in April 2016, a six-storey building collapsed killing 52 people in Nairobi\u2019s poor Huruma district.<\/p>\n
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