- Several people have died after a four-storey building collapsed in Kariakoo Market, Dar es Salaam
- President Samia Suluhu Hassan said 13 people died while 80 were rescued; the injured are receiving treatment
- According to the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, Albert Chalamila, most of the deaths were due to injuries sustained after the building collapsed.
Tanzania – About 13 people have been confirmed dead after a four-story building collapsed in Dar es Salaam.
Source: UGC
What Samia Suluhu said about the tragedy of the Kariakoo building
President Samia Solution Hassan said that the building collapsed on Saturday, November 16, at nine o'clock in the morning in Kariakoo Market.
According to the president, 13 people died while 80 others were rescued, of which 26 were hospitalized.
Suluhu revealed that the government will pay for medical expenses and support funeral arrangements for the victims of the incident.
The president said the prime minister would lead a “thorough inspection” of all buildings in the Kariakoo area.
He added that the police will collect all the necessary information about the building from its owner to help in the investigation.
Preliminary investigations show that the upper floors were used as warehouses against their intended use, which added weight to the building.
The Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, Albert Chalamila, noted that the deaths were not caused by suffocation but by injuries caused by the collapse of the tall building.
He explained that the victims died from being hit by falling debris, trapped under a building, or injured by moths.
“So far, there are no reports of deaths caused by suffocation, according to the immediate information we received,” said Chalamila as reported by The Citizen Tanzania.
The five-storey building of Uthiru has collapsed
Elsewhere, all the tenants who lived in the five-storey building that collapsed in Uthiru on Tuesday, May 7, were counted.
There was panic after the building, located near the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), began to sink around 1 pm, trapping several people, including children, inside.
The Kenya Red Cross Society, which was among the first rescuers to arrive at the scene, initially said it was unclear how many people were trapped.
However, on Wednesday, May 8, the community explained that at least 10 people had been rescued from the rubble and were treated at the scene and at the hospital.
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