May 05, 2016•Update: May 20, 2016
By Andrew Ross
NAIROBI, Kenya
Search-and-rescue teams Thursday pulled three more people from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital six days earlier, Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and the Red Cross confirmed.
The three were pulled out of the remains of a six-story building that fell last Friday.
"Three more people (two women and a man) have been rescued this evening," Nairobi governor Evans Kidero said in a statement.
Earlier on Thursday, search-and-rescue teams had pulled a pregnant woman from the rubble.
The weak and emaciated woman was rescued from the wreckage of a six-story apartment block that fell last Friday. Rescue teams confirmed that the woman lost her baby.
The death toll from the disaster in Huruma, a residential area in northeast Nairobi, has reached 35, making it one of the worst building collapses in Kenyan history.
On Tuesday, an 18-month-old girl was rescued from the rubble. Apart from dehydration, she suffered no physical injury.
The government, which blamed the collapse on developers ignoring safety standards, has responded by marking 70 buildings in the area for urgent demolition.
