Eastleigh Building Collapse: Rescuers Race Against Time to Find Survivors, Police Lob Teargas

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after an 18-storey building collapsed along Yusuf Haji Avenue in Eastleigh, NairobiPolice lobbed tear gas to disperse hundreds of onlookers as emergency crews worked to clear debrisNairobi County deployed machinery to support rescue operations, while Kenya Red Cross urged the public to stay away from the siteSearch option is now available at TUKO! Feel free to search the content on topics/people you enjoy reading about in the top right corner 😉

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Rescue teams are racing to find survivors after an 18-storey building collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on Friday, October 23, with several people feared trapped beneath the rubble.

An 18-storey building collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Photo: Nation. Source: UGCThe building came down along Yusuf Haji Avenue, next to Day to Day Supermarket on 9th Street, bringing business in the area to a halt as hundreds of people gathered at the scene.

Construction workers are feared to be among those trapped under the debris. Unverified reports also indicate that the building’s lower floors housed shops and other business premises.

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Emergency teams have been deployed to the site as efforts to locate potential survivors and clear the rubble continue.

Police lobbed tear gas to disperse the growing crowd and clear the way for rescue teams working at the scene.

Nairobi police boss Issa Mohamed said officers intervened to prevent onlookers from obstructing emergency operations and to guard against possible looting of nearby shops.

Some youths were reportedly attempting to collect scrap metal from the rubble.

He added that more police officers had been deployed to help coordinate the emergency response and support rescue operations.

Nairobi City County emergency response teams were also at the scene, with machinery deployed to assist in removing debris and reaching areas where people could be trapped.

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The deployment is intended to support rescue teams as they work through the rubble in search of people who may have been caught in the collapse.

Kenya Red Cross response teams were also at the scene, joining other emergency personnel in the ongoing operation.

The organisation urged members of the public to keep their distance to avoid interfering with rescue efforts and allow responders to work safely.

Harry Ivan Mboto (Current affairs editor) Harry Ivan Mboto is an accredited journalist with the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) and a Current Affairs and Politics Editor at TUKO.co.ke. He is a Linguistics, Media, and Communication student at Moi University and has five years of experience in digital journalism. Have a news tip, query, or feedback? Reach him at: harry.ivan@tuko.co.ke.