Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in as the sixth president of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam in 2021. File Photo by Anthony Siame/EPA-EFE
Rescuers in Tanzania have reached survivors stranded when a building collapsed Saturday in the Kariakoo area of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, killing at least 13.
84 have been brought out alive so far, according to the latest figures from President Samia Suluhu Hassan. It is not clear how many people remain trapped. Advertisement
Hassan said the country’s prime minister would now conduct a “thorough inspection” of all of Kariakoo’s buildings, and that the police would investigate this incident.
Aid workers are sending water and other essentials to the victims who are still trapped through small gaps in the debris, authorities reported Sunday.
Seven people were rescued Sunday from the building’s basement, Dar es Salaam’s regional commissioner Albert Chalamila told The Citizen newspaper.
“We are hopeful that more survivors will be found,” he said. Bystanders applauded as rescuers brought survivors out of the rubble.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the authorities “won’t rest until we have made sure we have been able to rescue each and every person or soul who is trapped in the rubble.”
The local government is issuing status and emergency service updates in Swahili on Facebook. Advertisement
