6 dead near Kenya’s capital after building collapses
Verified: 64 outlets in 33 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 5 of them from the United States. 2 killed, according to 24 outlets.
Six people died near Kenya’s capital Nairobi after the top floor of a building under construction collapsed on Friday, a police official said, the latest in a string of construction accidents to hit the country recently. “So far we have confirmed six bodies, but also five people have been rushed to Imara Daima Hospital,” Duncan Ochieng, the assistant inspector general of police in charge of disaster management in Kenya, told media gathered at the scene. A total of 405 workers were on site...
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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.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 5 figures, newest first
- 65 outlets: aljazeera.com, bdnews24.com +3· latest Nov 13, 2:13 PM UTC6 dead near Kenya’s capital after building collapses ↗
- 31 outlet: kbc.co.ke· latest Nov 13, 12:11 PM UTCThree dead, five rescued after Syokimau building collapse ↗
- 224 outlets: 1news.co.nz, aljazeera.com +22· latest Nov 13, 11:42 AM UTCNew York building collapses leaving two dead as more pulled from rubble - Worldnews.com ↗
- 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, 12:11 PM UTC+38 hThree dead, five rescued after Syokimau building collapsekbc.co.ke (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 1:27 PM UTC+39 hSix people dead near Kenya’s capital after building collapses: Policesabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 1:35 PM UTC+39 hKenyan building collapse near Nairobi kills six peoplealjazeera.com ↗
- Nov 13, 2:13 PM UTC+40 h· you’re reading this6 dead near Kenya’s capital after building collapsesscmp.com (again) ↗
[Claude] Report 3 and Report 4 cover the same Kenya collapse and agree on the six deaths, while Report 2 is a separate New York collapse.
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