Six people killed in unfinished building collapse in Kenya
Verified: 65 outlets in 34 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 5 of them from the United States. 8 killed, according to 16 outlets.
The collapse of an unfinished eight-storey building on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya on Friday has killed six people. A preliminary report from the county’s emergency team says the building’s uppermost concrete slab gave way, bringing down part of the structure. The report did not establish why the slab failed. Construction workers were reportedly at…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 5 figures, newest first
- 67 outlets: aljazeera.com, bdnews24.com +5· latest Nov 13, 9:35 PM UTCSix people killed in unfinished building collapse in Kenya ↗
- 816 outlets: bdnews24.com, cbc.bb +14· latest Nov 13, 5:17 PM UTCBrooklyn community rallies after deadly building collapse claims eight lives ↗
- 31 outlet: kbc.co.ke· latest Nov 13, 12:11 PM UTCThree dead, five rescued after Syokimau building collapse ↗
- Injured · 4 figures, newest first
- 174 outlets: cbc.bb, haitiantimes.com +2· latest Nov 12, 3:23 PM UTCAt least 8 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse ↗
- 105 outlets: breitbart.com, news.tuoitre.vn +3· latest Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTCBuilding collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10 ↗
- 121 outlet: bbc.co.uk· latest Nov 12, 12:33 AM UTCNew York building collapse kills one person and injures 12 ↗
- Missing
- 12 outlets: capitalfm.africa, kbc.co.ke· latest Nov 13, 10:41 AM UTCThree rescued, one missing after building collapses in Syokimau ↗
- Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
- 51 outlet: kbc.co.ke· latest Nov 13, 12:11 PM UTCThree dead, five rescued after Syokimau building collapse ↗
- 31 outlet: kbc.co.ke· latest Nov 13, 10:41 AM UTCThree rescued, one missing after building collapses in Syokimau ↗
5 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, NPR News and 2 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 10:16 PM UTCFirst reportNew York City building collapse traps people in rubble1news.co.nz ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:37 PM UTC · +20 min
- Nov 11, 10:38 PM UTC+21 minNew York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubbleindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 11:10 PM UTC+53 minAt least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police sayabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 3:59 PM UTC+42 hCriminal investigation opened into Brooklyn building collapse that left 8 deadindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 5:17 PM UTC+43 hBrooklyn community rallies after deadly building collapse claims eight livescbc.bb (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 6:54 PM UTC+45 hSix killed as another building under construction collapses in Nairobithecitizen.co.tz ↗
- Nov 13, 9:35 PM UTC+47 h· you’re reading thisSix people killed in unfinished building collapse in Kenyanationwideradiojm.com (again) ↗
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