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Search for survivors resumes after pause at collapsed South C building

An excavator at the scene of the collapsed Multi-storey building in South C, Nairobi on January 2,2026. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Rescue efforts have resumed after about an hour of suspension at the collapsed building on Muhoho Avenue in South C, Nairobi. 

Earlier, the emergency search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed 16-story building was temporarily halted as a neighbouring building showed signs of instability.

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