Block of flats collapses in Egypt
24/12/2007 12:57  - (SA)  

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'You can hear my house sinking' Building collapses on woman Man dies on construction site

Cairo - A 12-storey block of flats collapsed in the northern Egyptian Mediterranean port city of Alexandria on Monday, causing an unknown number of casualties, a security source said.

Ambulances and civil defence teams rushed to the site of the collapse in the Loran district in the east of the coastal city and began rescue operations, the source said.

Building collapses are a frequent occurrence in Egypt. Many structures are unauthorised and not built according to regulations or with poor materials.

Two people were killed in May in the Cairo working class district of Sayyeda Zeinab when an old building collapsed as workers were restoring it.

In October 2006 seven people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian delta city of Mansura.

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