Two dead after building collapses

NAIROBI, (AP)

A six-storey building under construction in Kenya's capital collapsed yesterday, killing at least two people and leaving 14 missing, officials said. An architect said the building was being constructed illegally because it wasn't up to standard.

The Red Cross dispatched people to the scene. Spokeswoman Nelly Muluka said two people were killed and six wounded after the building on a main Nairobi highway collapsed.

Fred Majiwa, a spokesman for St John's Ambulance Service, said 14 people were unaccounted for and that officials could hear the voices of people trapped under the rubble. A crane was later brought in to help in the rescue effort.

The collapsed building is on Nairobi's outskirts, near its international airport.

Musembi Mumo, an official with the Architectural Association of Kenya, toured the site of the collapsed building and said it was being constructed illegally because it didn't follow standards.