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One person dead, several missing as Kaloleni building caves in

Rescue team search through rubbles of a five storey residential building that collapsed at Makongeni estate in Nairobi, 17th December, 2014. [PHOTO: JACOB OTIENO]

NAIROBI: At least one man died, while seven people were still missing by Wednesday evening after a six-storey building they were living in collapsed in Kaloleni, Nairobi.

Eight others were rescued alive from the rubble of the collapsed building hours after it caved in. Rescuers said they were in communication with at least five people who were trapped but warned it might take long to clear the debris.

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