At least 25 killed and 12 hurt in Egypt building collapse
CAIRO: At least 25 people were killed when a 12-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria.
Another 12 people were injured, deputy Health Minister Mohammed al-Sharkawi said.
More people were trapped under the rubble and were calling out to rescue teams for help.
Emergency services rescued 10 people after the building housing 24 families in the Maamura district of Alexandria collapsed in the early hours, a security official said earlier.
Another two people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya.
“A mother and her child were killed and eight others injured when the building collapsed,” a security official said, adding that an estimated 10 people were still under the rubble.
Egypt has seen a number of construction disasters over the years, many of them blamed
A mother and her child were killed and eight others injured when the building collapsed. — SECURITY OFFICIAL
on planning violations or bad maintenance.
In a third incident on the same day, four people were killed when a train hit a taxi at a level crossing west of Cairo.
According to media reports, that would make it the sixth deadly train accident since Mohammad Morsi was sworn in as Egypt’s first Islamist president in June.
On Tuesday, 19 people died and more than 100 were injured when a train carrying military conscripts derailed near here. — AFP