By Staff Reporter, Nairobi KENYA
Seven pupils have been confirmed dead and several others
injured after a wall collapsed on them at Precious
Talent School in Ng’ando area along Ngong road in Nairobi
City, Kenya.
The incident is
reported to have happened at around 6:45 A.M as the pupils were reporting to
school.
Rescue teams have been deployed to the school.
Four of the injured pupils have been rushed to
Kenyatta National Hospital for emergency care.
The two-storey building in Ng’ando area caved
in and came down a few minutes to 7am.
St John's Ambulance Communications manager Fred Majiwa said the tragedy lefty 10 other pupils injured and admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
St John's Ambulance Communications manager Fred Majiwa said the tragedy lefty 10 other pupils injured and admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
He said the two storey building
made of iron sheets and wood collapsed several minutes to 7.00am.
According to him, the upper floor
which was made of concrete curved in and collapsed on the pupils who were in
the lower classes.
He said each floor was made up of
four classrooms.
Currently we can confirm that
four pupils have succumbed to the injuries at a local dispensary, while two
more have been retrieved from the rubble,' Majiwa said.
He said
currently the rescue teams have managed to comb through all the rubble, but
will give a detailed information.
TV footage showed rescue teams from Kenya Red
Cross, St John’s Ambulance, school workers, residents and other Good Samaritans
combing through the rubble and lifting blocks as they battled to save the
trapped children.
Some of the rescuers used rudimentary tools, including sticks, to dig up the rubble as many parents watched in despair.
Rescue teams comb through the rubble as they battle to save trapped pupils after a classroom collapsed on them at Precious Talent School on Ngong Road in Nairobi County on September 23, 2019 |
The
school managers could not estimate the number of pupils who were in class when
the building came tumbling down at 6.50am.
According
to parents, the school managers called them immediately to notify them of the
collapse.
The
classes that collapsed were housing the junior primary pupils but the most
affected are those in Standard Six, Seven and Eight on the ground floor, who
were trapped in rubble.
Basic
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang is among the first senior
government officials to arrive at the scene of desperation.
There
were no fire engines on site and many used bare hands to save lives, bringing
into question the city county’s disaster preparedness.
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