Building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya

Photos by Thomas Mukoya / Reuters

Search and rescue personnel carry a woman rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya on June 9, 2012.

Standard Media reports:

One person is feared dead, scores trapped as a four-storey building collapsed in the sprawling Mlolongo area in Nairobi, Kenya.

The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at 6pm leaving several occupants, including customers in a restaurant, trapped in the debris.

A firefighter cuts steel to retrieve the trapped body of a construction worker.

A search and rescue team survey the rubble.

A search and rescue team work late to clear rubble.

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Comment author avatarJosh Brogan

A late breaking report claims that Barack Hussein Obama's birth certificate was destroyed in the aftermath. Now ain't that shame ? Booo Hoo

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Reply#2 - Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:32 PM EDT
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