Five people were taken to a hospital after the structure came down in Syokimau, along Mombasa Road, with police confirming that all 405 workers recorded at the site had been accounted for.

At least six people have died after an eight-story building under construction collapsed in Syokimau, near Nairobi, on Friday morning.

Upper floors gave way

The structure came down at approximately 9:52 a.m. near the Standard Gauge Railway terminus along Mombasa Road.

Preliminary reports indicate that the upper section of the building gave way, causing part of the structure to collapse and trapping workers beneath the debris.

Emergency teams recovered six bodies from the site, while five survivors were taken to a hospital for treatment. Rescue operations involved Nairobi City County emergency personnel, firefighters and urban search and rescue teams.

All 405 workers accounted for

Police disaster-management official Duncan Ochieng said 405 workers had been at the construction site and that all had been accounted for. Authorities subsequently closed the site as investigations into the collapse got underway.

Second collapse in less than a month

The incident comes less than a month after another multi-story building under construction collapsed in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood on Oct. 23, killing eight people and leaving others missing.

That disaster renewed scrutiny of construction standards, building approvals and enforcement of safety regulations in the capital.

Authorities have not yet established what caused the latest collapse.