NAIROBI: At least 15 people were injured Friday in Kenya’s capital Nairobi when a six-storey residential building collapsed following heavy flooding, the Red Cross said, describing a situation of “complete chaos”.
“A six-storey building has collapsed in Nairobi because of floods,” Kenya Red Cross spokeswoman Arnolda Shiundu told AFP.
“Our teams are on the site, where it is complete chaos,” Shiundu said, adding that 15 people rescued from the rubble had been taken to hospital with injuries.
The Red Cross had no information yet on possible fatalities.
The building in the densely-populated Huruma neighbourhood collapsed at around 9:00 pm (1800 GMT) following the heaviest rains since the start of the rainy season.
