A multi-story building that was still under construction collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday, resulting in casualties and looting at the site, according to local media.

The Nairobi County governor's ​office confirmed the collapse, initially adding in a ​statement that people may be trapped beneath rubble.

On Friday evening, Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said in a post on X that authorities were looking for seven missing.

"Eleven shops on the ground floor and in the basement were occupied at the time of the collapse. Seven people have been reported missing.…