Six Dead, Five Rescued Alive as Search Continues at Collapsed Mombasa Road Building

Six people have died and five others have been rescued alive following the collapse of an eight-storey building under construction along Mombasa Road near the SGR Terminus in Nairobi.

The latest update was issued by the Nairobi City County emergency and rescue teams as search and rescue operations continued at the site on Friday, November 13, 2026.

According to the situation report, three bodies were recovered during the initial morning rescue operations, while three additional bodies were later retrieved from the debris.

The six deceased victims are reported to be middle-aged men.

Five other casualties were pulled from the rubble alive and taken for emergency medical care. Authorities have not yet released further details on their conditions.

The collapse occurred at approximately 9:52 a.m. while construction workers were actively on site.

Preliminary assessments by the Nairobi City County emergency and rescue team indicated that the top slab of the building caved in, triggering the collapse.

The exact number of workers who were present at the construction site at the time of the incident remains unknown.

Rescue teams are continuing to comb through the rubble in an effort to establish whether more workers are trapped beneath the collapsed structure.

The Nairobi City County Fire team and the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team are leading the ongoing search and rescue operation.

Authorities have urged members of the public to keep away from the incident area to allow emergency teams to work without obstruction.

Motorists using Mombasa Road near the SGR Terminus have also been advised to keep clear of the immediate incident perimeter as rescue operations continue.

The latest casualty figures remain subject to change as teams continue searching the debris and accounting for workers who were at the site.

The incident has raised renewed concerns over safety at construction sites, with the focus now shifting to the rescue operation and efforts to establish what caused the building’s top slab to fail.

Officials are expected to provide further updates as the search operation progresses and more information becomes available.