An 11-storey building that began sinking last week at Kilifi Corner in Fayaz Estate, along Abdel Nasser Road in Mombasa, was demolished Wednesday morning.
The building was brought down at exactly 12:55pm.
It began sinking on April 2, 2025, endangering adjacent residential and commercial buildings.
Authorities said the structure also poses risk to the broader neighbourhood.
In response, the Mombasa County Government and the Ministry of Interior ordered evacuation within a 1.2-kilometre radius of the site.
Earlier, authorities moved around the Mombasa CBD urging residents to close shop and evacuate the area ahead of the planned demolition.
A multi-agency team comprising KDF personnel, police, county emergency units, and engineers oversaw the evacuation process.
KDF troops had been formally deployed to the coastal city through a Gazette notice issued on April 7, 2025, by Defence Cabinet Secretary Roselinda Soipan Tuya.
Evacuation of patients from Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital began the day before. Ambulances arrived one after another, parking in a steady line as they collected the 128 patients set to be transferred to Port Reitz Hospital.
Among them were patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), carefully moved under tight supervision.
