Panic as Six-Storey Building Collapses in Kinoo [VIDEO]

There was panic in Kinoo, Kiambu County on Friday morning after a building under construction partially collapsed. 

A video widely circulated on social media shows the six-storey structure wobbling as residents watch from a distance.

Although the building near Kinoo shopping centre has not fully collapsed, locals fear it could tumble down soon. 

Residents cautioned as a six-storey building halfway collapses in Kinoo estate in the outskirts of Nairobi pic.twitter.com/8khsChXCsC

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Kiambu police commander Ali Nuno said no construction workers are trapped in the unfinished residential building.

"The building is sinking. No one was inside at the time," Nuno Nation.

Tenants in the adjacent houses were forced to vacate to avert the looming danger.

Area MCA Samuel Kimani said the owner of the building had received a notice prohibiting him from adding another floor.

The incident comes days after a five-storey residential building collapsed in Gachie, Kiambu County.

Three construction workers who were trapped in the rubble died while more than 10 were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment.