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Update: Death toll from collapsed construction site in Gachie rises to three

The death toll from the five storey building that collapsed in Gachie yesterday rises to three after two more bodies were retrieved from rubble.

At least ten people were rescued and rescuers are still at the site after the house collapsed on Monday afternoon.

Those injured were rushed to Kihara Hospital for treatment.

The building is said to have caved in at around 3 pm when the workers were putting up a slab for the sixth floor.

According to witnesses, the structure had reached fifth floor and the workers were working on the sixth one when it collapsed.

A number of workers managed to escape from the rubble soon after the 3pm incident on Monday.

It is not clear on the exact number of those trapped in the collapsed building that was meant to be a residential house.

Rescue mission is ongoing.

 

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