2023-07-18 05:17:09
A residential building collapsed on Monday in Cairo, killing at least eight people, including seven members of the same family, the public prosecutor and state media said. The ministry said in a statement that a building in the Hadayek al-Qobba neighborhood had “completely collapsed”, with 14 residents under the rubble.
Nine people, including a survivor, have so far been extracted from the rubble by civil protection services, he added, adding that eight had died. The search is continuing to find the other five people. The same source indicated that five residents had managed to leave the building before the tragedy.
The owner of the apartment arrested
Local authorities took testimonies from the injured survivor and two other residents, who “suggested that the collapse was caused by one of the residents who recently tore down the walls of her first-floor apartment”. despite the requests to stop which had been addressed to him by neighbors. They also ordered the arrest of the owner of the apartment, the contractor in charge of the work and one of his employees “for questioning”.
Several buildings have collapsed in recent years in Egypt, causing many victims, due to the dilapidation of the buildings but also to non-compliance with legislation in terms of town planning.
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