At least six people have died after a building under construction partially collapsed along the SGR Syokimau access road in Nairobi County on Friday morning.
The structure caved in on the ninth floor during concreting works following a reported failure of the formwork, triggering a major rescue operation.
Three bodies were initially retrieved from the rubble before rescuers recovered three additional bodies, all belonging to middle-aged men.
The Kenya Red Cross confirmed that three people had been rescued and taken to hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately established.
The exact number of workers who were at the construction site when the incident occurred remains unclear, with emergency teams continuing to search for anyone potentially trapped beneath the debris.
Nairobi City County firefighters and the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team were deployed to the scene to coordinate rescue operations.
Police urged motorists and members of the public using Mombasa Road near the SGR Terminus to keep away from the affected area to allow emergency responders to work.
The collapse comes weeks after an 18-storey building in Eastleigh collapsed, killing eight people and raising fresh concerns about construction safety and regulatory oversight in Nairobi.