An eight-floor residential building collapsed overnight in Cairo, killing at least 18 people and injuring seven others, security sources said on November 25, adding that the casualty figure was expected to rise.
People and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed eight-storey building in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early November 25, 2014. (Credit: REUTERS)
Emergency services, soldiers and neighbors spent the morning rifling through a 5-metre (15 foot) high pile of rubble in search of survivors in a densely populated northeast district of the capital. Bodies wrapped in black were removed on stretchers to waiting ambulances as bulldozers lifted debris.
Such incidents are not uncommon in Egypt where old apartment buildings are routinely neglected and many new ones are put up without obtaining the required permits or adhering to safety standards that may raise the cost of construction.
(Source: REUTERS)
