Scores Feared Dead as Building Collapse in Cairo

People inspect the area where a building was collapsed in Gesr al-Suez, Cairo, Egypt March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Mai Shams El-Din

In the early hours of Saturday, a nine-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian capital leaving at least eight people dead and injuring two dozen, local reports said. 

The area located in Cairo’s Gesr al-Suez district has since been cordoned off by the Police as civil defense and other first responders search through the rubble in a search and rescue operation.  

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People gather around the rubble of a building that collapsed in the popular area of Gesr Giza, east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, on March 27, 2021

It is still not clear what may have caused the collapse. But building collapses are not uncommon in Egypt due to illegal construction, and poor enforcement of regulations.

The Egyptian Government has however ordered an urgent investigation into the reasons behind the collapse.

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