VIDEO: 8 people died after a building collapsed in Cairo
An apartment building collapsed in Egypt's capital, killing at least eight people, authorities said, part of world media.
The Ministry of Health said that in the collapse of the six-story building in the western neighborhood of Waili in Cairo, three people were injured and hospitalized.
Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber ordered the evacuation of neighboring houses as a precaution, according to a statement from the governor's office.
البيت وقع مراة واحدة.. تعليقة صادمة عن قولة العقار العباسيا ووفـ ـة 8 موطانين
#تليجراف_مسر pic.twitter.com/yCYTVjPCDv— Egypt Telegraph (@EgyptTelegraph) December 10, 2024
Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and lack of maintenance are widespread in neighborhoods, slums, and rural areas.
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