Sakaja Says People Are Communicating Under Eastleigh Rubble

Nairobi Governor Sakaja says rescuers are creating space for oxygen to reach people communicating beneath the collapsed Eastleigh building.

“We’ve heard people communicating from inside,” Sakaja said.

“We’re opening up a space so there’s oxygen, and then we can get the proper estimates of what else needs to be done.”

Rescue teams were clearing debris and had mobilised excavators, breakers and sniffer dogs, while working with multiple agencies.

The building collapsed on Friday along 9th Street in Eastleigh.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja says action will be taken against the owners of the building that collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi.Sakaja: We’ve heard people communicating from inside. We're opening up a space so there's oxygen, and then we can get the proper estimates of what… pic.twitter.com/POME4HEr57

Sakaja’s office said the ground floor was occupied and there were reports that people may be trapped beneath the debris.

The number of people inside when the building came down has not been confirmed.

Source: Y News