Eight rescued after building under construction collapses in Kirinyaga

A building under construction that collapsed in Kutus, Kirinyaga county, May 9, 2017. /RED CROSS
A building under construction that collapsed in Kutus, Kirinyaga county, May 9, 2017. /RED CROSS

Eight people were rescued after a building under construction collapsed in Kutus,

Kirinyaga county, on Tuesday morning.

Five were

treated and

discharged and three admitted in hospital, Red Cross said via Twitter.

Red Cross and police carried out the search and rescue operations.

In Mombasa,

six people, including a mother and her children, were killed on Monday after the Pandya Hospital perimerer wall collapsed on a house in Mbaraki.

This followed heavy rains in several parts of the county where roads were also rendered impassable.

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