Rescuers in Tanzania have reached survivors stranded when a building collapsed Saturday in the Kariakoo area of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, killing at least 13.

At least 13 people died when a building collapsed in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam and more than 80 people have been rescued, the country's president said on Sunday. The four-storey building in eastern Dar es Salaam's Kariakoo market came down on Saturday around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT).

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-story block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country’s busy Kariakoo market,

In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a building collapse has resulted in at least 13 deaths and over 80 rescued individuals. President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced that treatment costs would be covered and burial arrangements assisted.

Witnesses said that the building had just begun expanding its underground business space on Friday (November 15), a day before the collapse

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.