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Building collapses in Kariobangi South estate, families evacuated

The collapsed building is estimated to have housed about 100 people [Courtesy, Red Cross]

Tens of families have been left homeless and properties of unknown value destroyed after a four-storey building collapsed on Saturday in Kariobangi South estate.

A joint rescue effort by Nairobi county officials and Red Cross emergency response managed to evacuate all the tenants from the building before it crumbled.

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