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在内罗毕发生建筑倒塌的案例并不少见 - 版权AFP LUIS TATO

肯尼亚首都内罗毕一座住宅楼在周日倒塌，据县官员和应急救援人员称，有几人被困。

在该国发生建筑倒塌的情况并不少见，通常是由于拙劣的建筑和违规行为造成的。

内罗毕县官员表示，这座位于首都北部人口密集的卡哈瓦西区的八层建筑已被判定拆除。

肯尼亚红十字会表示，有几个家庭被困在瓦砾下。

内罗毕州长约翰逊·萨卡贾告诉AFP说，一名当建筑倒塌时正在建筑外的女性受伤，他补充说伤亡人数“预计会很少”。

“她目前正在接受治疗，状况稳定，”他说，并补充说邻近建筑的居民将被疏散。

倒塌事件引发了一大群围观者，他们聚集在高楼和教堂之间。

凯瑟琳·万吉库告诉AFP她自2017年以来一直住在这栋楼里，逃过一劫。

“我感觉不好因为昨天我才搬出去。我感到不安，感到有压力。我的朋友们的物品已经被毁在里面，”这位33岁的女士说。

根据AFP看到的内罗毕县文件，日期为10月16日，这座建筑在没有必要的批准下被建造和占用。

租户被要求在两周内搬离这座建筑。

东非国家正在经历一场建筑热潮，但腐败行为让承包商能够敷衍了事或规避规定。

2022年9月，内罗毕郊外一座六层建筑倒塌，造成五人死亡。

2016年4月，一座六层公寓楼在首都东北部的洪水和山体滑坡导致洪水和山体滑坡数天后倒塌，造成49人死亡。

这座建筑在两年前建造之后被计划拆除，因为被宣布结构不牢固。

Cases of buildings collapsing in Nairobi are not uncommon - Copyright AFP LUIS TATO

A residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, leaving several people feared trapped, county officials and emergency responders said.

Cases of buildings caving in are not uncommon in the country, often a result of shoddy construction and flouted regulations.

The eight-storey building in Kahawa West, a densely-populated neighborhood north of the capital, had been condemned for demolition, Nairobi county officials said.

Several families were feared trapped under the rubble, the Kenya Red Cross said on X.

One woman who was standing outside the building when it collapsed was hurt, Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja told AFP, adding that casualties were "expected to be minimal".

"She is currently undergoing treatment and is stable," he said, adding that residents of adjacent buildings will be evacuated.

The collapse sparked a swarm of onlookers to the scene sandwiched between high-rise buildings and a church.

Catherine Wanjiku, who had lived in the building since 2017, told AFP she was lucky to have escaped with her life.

"I don't feel good because I moved out yesterday. I am shaky, I am stressed. I have friends whose belongings have been destroyed in there," the 33-year-old said.

According to a Nairobi county document seen by AFP and dated October 16, the building had been constructed and occupied without the requisite approvals.

Tenants had been ordered to vacate the building in two weeks.

The East African nation is undergoing a construction boom, but corruption has allowed contractors to cut corners or bypass regulations.

Five people were killed when a six-storey building collapsed in a town on the outskirts of Nairobi in September 2022.

In April 2016, 49 people were killed when a six-floor apartment building crumbled in the northeast of the capital after days of heavy rain caused floods and landslides.

The building, constructed two years earlier, had been scheduled to be demolished after being declared structurally unsound.