RSOE EDIS: Kenya - Technological Disaster - 2010.01.10

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2010-01-10 15:11:45 - Technological Disaster - Kenya EDIS CODE: AC-20100110-24502-KEN Date & Time: 2010-01-10 15:11:45 [UTC] Area: Kenya, State of Central, , Kiambu Number of death person(s): 3 Number of Injured person(s): 4 Damage level: Moderate (Level 2) Not confirmed information! Description: Three people died early on Sunday after yet another building collapsed in Kiambu town. Four others were injured and taken to hospital after the three-storey building which was under construction tumbled at around 2am following a heavy downpour. The building had been condemned for destruction after structural faults were detected. One person died immediately following the collapse, but rescuers from the military, the General Service Unit (GSU) and Red Cross retrieved two more bodies on Sunday morning. The rescue workers spent the better part of the morning trying to clear the debris and reach down to the two who were still trapped. But shortly after 12, they retrieved one body and located a second one. Kiambu divisional Police chief Samwel Mukindia told Capital News that the three casualties were residents of an adjacent building. Meanwhile, police have ordered evacuation from two other nearby buildings after they spotted cracks on them. Posted:2010-01-10 15:11:45 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu