<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Rescuers have pulled four people out of the rubble of a building which collapsed in the Mathare neighbourhood of Kenya’s capital on Tuesday but more were suspected to be trapped in the debris, the Kenya Red Cross said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mathare, in the east of Nairobi, is home to several hundred thousand people and one of the city’s largest informal settlements, where planning regulations are poorly enforced.</div><div><br></div><div>“Three out of the four rescued have been taken to a nearby health facility, while one with minor injuries was treated at the scene,” the Red Cross wrote on social media platform X.</div><div><br></div><div>The building was undergoing demolition when it collapsed, the Red Cross said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mathare was inundated with floodwater this month when the Mathare River, which runs through it, burst its banks after heavy rains, killing dozens and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/fas</div>