CAIRO, Aug 4 (NNN-MENA) – At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighbourhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement.
Cairo Governor, Ibrahim Saber, ordered the evacuation of nearby buildings, in the Al-Sahel neighbourhood as a precaution, and an engineering committee was formed to investigate the cause of the collapse, according to the statement.
Initial reports indicate that the collapse was caused by an illegal expansion by a ground-floor resident, who demolished a wall inside their apartment, according to the Cairo Governorate.
The statement noted that, rescue teams are still searching for survivors under the rubble.– NNN-MENA
