7 die in Egypt building collapse
2006-10-01 13:20
Cairo - Seven people were killed and nine injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura on Saturday, Egyptian police said on Sunday.
Rescue workers are lifting the rubble from the site but
members of six families who lived in the building have been
accounted for, they added.
Building collapses are a frequent hazard in poor parts of
Egyptian towns because of lax building standards and poor
maintenance.
- Reuters