Tanzania building collapse toll rises to 13

Rescue efforts continue in Dar es Salaam after a building collapse, with 13 confirmed dead and more trapped.

DAR ES SALAAM:

Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble in a disaster that has claimed 13 lives.

The four-storey block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country's busy Kariakoo market, in the centre of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, the presidency said Sunday, up from an initial figure of five.

At least 84 people had been rescued from the rubble, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video from Brazil, where she travelled to attend the G20 summit.

Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Albert Chalamila said earlier Sunday that more people were still trapped in the basement floor of the shattered building, without specifying how many.

"We are communicating... and already we have supplied them with oxygen and water," he said.