Under-construction building collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh area; many feared trapped
Photo: APA tall building under construction collapsed at about 1 p.m. Friday along a busy commercial street in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya, leaving many people feared trapped beneath a huge mound of concrete with more than a dozen floors stacked like pancakes. Nairobi police chief Issa Mohamud said the building had more than 10 upper floors under construction. Interior ministry official Kipchumba Murkomen said 66 of the 67 construction workers inside got out unharmed and the other had injuries that were not life-threatening. Seven people were reported missing, thought to have been in some of the 11 shops that had opened on the lower floors. Mohamud said one injured woman was rescued and hospitalized, and another person who had been crying for help went silent. He warned of a possible secondary collapse because the building was leaning on its neighbor. Police fired tear gas at people who began looting nearby shops. Little heavy equipment was available, rescuers used tree poles and saw through metal, and responders reportedly stopped using diggers over concerns about air supply to survivors.
The Washington Post (left) offers only a short report in the material available: a headline and opening line about a multi-story collapse in a busy commercial area of the capital, with many possibly trapped. It gives no figures, officials or quotes. The New York Post (right) runs a detailed account that leads with the same core facts. It adds the police chief's statements, tear gas used on looters, the secondary-collapse warning, improvised rescue tools and a plasterer named Kaula, who said he was the last person out. The two sides agree on the basics: a Friday collapse in Nairobi with many feared trapped. The gap is mainly in detail, not in competing claims. BBC News (alternative) differs by giving the seven-missing figure, the worker count and concerns about construction standards.
How the sides differ Left sources give a brief alert on the collapse; right sources add police accounts, looting and tear gas, and a worker's testimony; alternative sources add the seven-missing count and construction-standards concerns.
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The Washington Post gives a brief report: a multi-story building collapsed in a busy commercial area of Nairobi and many could be trapped. It features no named officials or witnesses in the excerpt.
AP matches the right-leaning account. BBC News stresses seven missing, Murkomen's worker tally, the 11 shops and fresh concerns about construction standards.
The New York Post leads with the collapse and features police chief Issa Mohamud, looting and tear gas, the secondary-collapse warning, and plasterer Kaula's account of escaping.