Hopes fade for survivors in Kenyan building collapse - Red Cross


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  • Monday, 02 May 2016

A general view shows rescue workers searching for residents feared trapped in the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed after days of heavy rain in Nairobi, Kenya, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Aid workers said hopes were fading of finding more survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Kenya's capital on Monday, as the death toll reached 21.

Police said they were questioning the owner of the six-storey residential block that collapsed late on Friday after days of heavy rain and floods, but no one had been charged.

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