A portion of a wall of an under-construction building in Ruaraka Kiambu county collapsed and crashed into a neighbouring hi-rise in the area.
The building from which the wall collapsed has a basement parking as well as a slit. The wall collapse, which happened early Wednesday morning at around 4 am, has resulted in caving in of at least 3 cars.
“The boundary wall had caved in, my car had been washed down, and was now stuck in a muck-filled pit at an adjoining under-construction building,” a resident said.
It was only at daybreak that the flat-owner and tenants could make out exactly how many and whose cars had slipped into the pit. By afternoon, mangled cars were pulled out by cranes but families living in the apartment have now been asked to vacate their homes as a precautionary measure.
The National construction authority has ordered tenants to evacuate the building apartment saying the cause of the incident was a result of poor engineering.
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY orders tenants to evacuate an apartment block in Ruaka whose perimeter wall caved in after night rains, says wall collapsed as a result of unprofessional engineering. pic.twitter.com/JUE4nLfcP9— The Star Breaking (@TheStarBreaking) May 8, 2019