At least 4 people are feared dead after a septic tank beneath a hall collapsed in Bamburi, Mombasa.
The four were watching an English Premier League match on Sunday, April 20, evening at around 6 PM when the septic tank collapsed.
Mombasa County Commissioner Mahmoud Noor confirmed the incident, saying the hall was built above an old septic tank.
Noor noted that a disaster management team from Mombasa County was deployed to the scene to rescue the victims.
"The video hall, which is used for watching football, was built on top of a septic tank. Unfortunately, that septic tank caved in, and between two to four people are trapped inside. We have spoken with the county disaster team, and we are arranging for equipment to rescue the people trapped inside,” Noor stated.
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Two of the victims are said to have been sitting on the front row of the hall, while the other two were in the middle.
The rescue operations are still underway at the scene to help rescue potential survivors from the incident.
This comes almost a month after two students from Ramba Boys High School in Siaya County died after falling into a septic tank. The tragic incident happened on March 22 at around 6 PM.
The two students were standing on top of the septic tank when it collapsed and caved in, trapping them.
Two other students who were also on top of the septic tank were rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention; however, desperate efforts to rescue the other two proved futile.
