CAIRO, Mar 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five persons were killed and 24 others injured yesterday, in a building collapse in Egypt’s capital Cairo, according to a statement by the Cairo Governorate.
The accident took place at dawn yesterday, when a 10-story building collapsed, in the al-Salam neighbourhood, east of Cairo, according to the statement.
Civil protection forces and rescue teams are still searching for people under the debris of the collapsed building.
An engineering committee has been formed, to inspect the adjacent buildings, for the safety of the residents, the statement said.
