Thursday, May 05, 2016
Rescuers at the scene where a building collapsed in Huruma. A woman was found alive on May 5, 2016, six days after the building collapsed. PHOTO | STELLA CHERONO
A woman has been found alive in the rubble six days after a building collapsed in Huruma, Nairobi.
Rescuers found the woman at 11.47 am Thursday. She is said to be weak with no visible injuries.
National Disaster Management Unit Incident Commander Pius Maasai said she is being attended to by doctors at the scene.
Kenya Defence Forces are clearing debris to be able to pull her out.
Kenya Red Cross Secretary General said the woman is trapped in a corner and is on oxygen and intravenous fluid.
On Tuesday, a baby girl was rescued unscathed from the rubble, four days after the building collapsed.
Seven-month-old Dealeryn Saisi was found sleeping in a basin wrapped in a blanket.
On Wednesday, rescuers said there is hope of finding more survivors after nine rabbits were pulled alive from the debris.
The rescue of the woman brings the number of people pulled from the rubble since Friday to 137.