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<\/figure>\n\n\nThree people including two children and an elderly man aged 70 have so far been rescued from the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to the media, Masaba North police commander Robert Ndambiri said the three escaped with minor injuries and were ferried to Keroka subcounty hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Wote wameokolewa na wakakimbizwa katika hospitali yetu ya Keroka subcounty hospital. Na wote hali yao sio mbaya sana na wanaendelea kutibiwa pale,” Ndambiri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert Ndambiri further said that the ill-fated building was condemned in 2014 and that no one was living in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the building fell on three other houses as it was collapsing, trapping people inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ni building ambayo hakuna mtu alikua anaishi ndani. Naambiwa na engineer wa hapa ilikua condemned sometimes in 2014. Imeanguka ikaumiza jirani,” Ndambiri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to witnesses,cracking sounds were heard before the building came tumbling down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Tulipokua tunaendelea kuongea na rafiki yangu tukaskia sauti kidogo tukaenda kuangalia kuenda juu tukapata ni ghorofa imefanya some cracks. Kuenda kuangalia vizuri tukapata ghorofa imeanza kuteremka,” Michael Momanyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japheth Momanyi, who escaped alive together with his children, thanked the people who rescued his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Nasema asante kwa wale ambao wamechukua mkono yao na fikira yao yote kusaidia wana wangu amboa waliangukiwa na nyumba hio,” Japheth Momanyi said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A building in the Gesima market, Kitutu Masaba, in Nyamira County collapsed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 leading trappinh several people inside. Kenya Red Cross Society said a search and rescue mission had been initiated after the 5-storey building collapsed with an unknown number of people inside. “Several people are feared trapped in a five-storey…<\/p>\n