Tanzania Building Collapse Buries Dozens

School children are among at least 45 people missing in the rubble of a building that has collapsed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

At least three people have died but many others are under the rubble, with some desperate survivors calling for help using their mobiles.

Among those trapped are believed to be a number of children from a school in the area.

Hundreds of people, including residents and army rescuers, are clawing through piles of rubble after the collapse in an affluent area of the country's economic capital.

Dozens of people are believed trapped in the rubble

The building collapsed as many people including children were working or playing nearby, witnesses said.

"I thought there was an earthquake and then I heard screaming. The whole building fell on itself," witness Musa Mohamed said.

Dar es Salaam regional police chief Suleiman Kova said the rescue operation was "going well".

"So far we have managed to retrieve 19 people," he said as he briefed Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete during a visit to the scene.

Rescuers search for survivors

Mr Kova said that although it was too early to establish the cause of the accident, "the owner of the building would be held responsible and taken to task".

Scores of people were reportedly working in and around the building at the time of the incident at around 8.45am.

Residents said that during normal working days, the area bustles with activity from a mix of business people, passers-by and playing children.

A survivor is pulled from the rubble

"My children normally come to play here during Sundays and holidays. I am not sure whether they are also trapped," one desperate local resident Elizabeth Richard sobbed.

In 2008, another building collapse in Dar es Salaam claimed at least four lives.

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