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Two Killed, several injured in house collapse after heavy rains

A view of the collapsed Malindi building in Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwemba/Standard]

Two people died and 15 others rescued after a 10-storey building under construction collapsed in Malindi. Several people living in nearby residential houses were trapped.

The ill-fated building located adjacent to Gapco petrol station in Malindi’s Barani area collapsed at about 5am on Friday. By the time of going to press, two people were still trapped in the debris.

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