2 people were confirmed dead and several others were injured on Wednesday after a building collapsed in Nairobi's Pipeline Estate.
According to witnesses, there were a number of construction workers on site when the building caved in.
Rescue workers including military personnel rushed to the area in a bid to evacuate survivors.
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In June 2017, another building collapsed in the same area leading to the death of two people.
A report by the city's buildings inspectorate in December revealed that the estate with the highest number of unsafe buildings in Nairobi is Huruma.
The report showed that 711 buildings in Huruma Estate were unsafe for human occupation.
Other estates mentioned in the report include; Pipeline, Umoja, Thika road, Baba Dogo and Dagoretti.
Out of 358 houses inspected in Pipeline estate, 65 were labeled 'very dangerous' while 96 are unsafe.
In Umoja estate, 28 houses were found to be very dangerous while 118 were declared unsafe.
'Very dangerous' houses were also found along Thika Road (85), Baba Dogo (38), Dagoretti (16), Nairobi West (nine), South B (five) and six each in Ruiru, Mathare, and Kahawa West.
Along Thika Road, 147 houses were found to be unsafe, 65 in Baba Dogo, 25 in Dagoretti, 16 in Nairobi West, and 10 in South B.
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