Building Collapse

UPDATED: 3 fatalities in Cairo’s Rod El-Farag building collapse

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 - 04:52 GMT

A resident on the first floor demolished a load-bearing internal wall without authorization for expansion purposes, leading to the structural failure

Photos: Prosecution launches probe as 4 killed in building collapse in Cairo’s Hadayek El-Kobba

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 12:12 GMT

The Public Prosecution has launched a probe into a building collapse in Cairo’s Hadayek El-Kobba neighborhood, which killed four and injured six others.

Building collapses in Cairo; one person dead

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 - 04:43 GMT

A three-story residential building in Cairo's El-Khalifa neighborhood collapsed on Tuesday, as one woman has been found dead.

Death toll of Cairo building collapse rises to 12 people, including 3 children

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 - 05:24 GMT

The collapse of a building in Cairo’s Hadayek El-Kobba neighborhood took place as a resident of the first floor removed a load-bearing wall to expand his apartment, Governor of Cairo Khaled Abdel Aal said after a preliminary investigation.

8 killed, several injuries in 4-storey building collapse in Hadayek el Kobba, Cairo

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 - 09:29 GMT

Eight people were killed on Monday alongside other several injuries as a result of a 4-storey building collapse in Hadayek el Kobba neighborhood, Cairo governorate.

2 killed, 3 injured as building in Alexandria partially collapses

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 - 08:30 GMT

Two people have been killed and three others were injured as a building in Bakos neighborhood in northern Egypt’s Alexandria partially collapsed on Saturday.

Photos: 3 killed including child as old building collapses in northern Egypt’s Alexandria

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 - 01:56 GMT

Three people have been killed and one was injured as an old building in Gomrok district in northern Egypt’s Alexandria collapsed on Thursday.

2 killed, 1 injured as old building collapses in Egypt’s Alexandria

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 - 10:06 GMT

Two people were killed and one was injured as an old building partially collapsed on Saturday morning in northern Egypt’s Alexandria, state’s news agency MENA reported.

Alexandria building collapses killing 1, wounding 5

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 - 08:32 GMT

The civil protection units managed to recover the body of the 60-year-old woman and could also recover a child alive from under the rubble as the three-floor-building collapsed.

Death toll after building collapsed in Cairo’s Gesr El-Suez rises to 9: official statement

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 - 09:39 GMT

The Egyptian governorate’s office said the death toll rose to 9 in a building collapse in Cairo’s Gesr El-Suez district after a recovering a body under the rubble.

Video: 4 killed as 2 buildings collapsed in Alexandria amid heavy rain

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 - 07:13 GMT

Four people were killed and six others were wounded, as two buildings in Alexandria’s western districts of Karmuz and Gomrok collapsed on Friday, due to bad weather and heavy rain.

Four children, a woman killed in Qena building collapse

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 - 10:08 GMT

Five dead bodies were pulled out from the collapsed building, and the civil defense forces are still searching for more victims.

3 dead, 3 injuries in Alexandria building collapse

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 - 04:29 GMT

The Health Directorate of Alexandria announced that the death toll of the Alexandria building collapse reached three persons while three others were injured.

One body found under rubble of Alexandria building

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 - 04:27 GMT

The body of Amr Abdel Aziz Al-Beltagy, 36, was found Friday under the rubble of the Alexandria building.

2 dead, 1 injured in Qena building collapse

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 - 11:51 GMT

Civil Protection Authority started removing the ruins.

Survivors of collapsed buildings receive urgent assistance

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 - 11:51 GMT

Minister of Social Solidarity, Ghada Waly, provided the necessary assistance to the survivors of the collapsed buildings in Rawd El-Farag on Tuesday.

2 deaths, 4 injuries in Rawd El-Farag buildings collapse

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 - 11:48 GMT

The two dead people are a 45-year-old woman, and a five-year-old child.

Mumbai building collapse kills at least 21

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 - 05:56 GMT

At least 21 people have died and 21 others have been rescued after a building collapse in Mumbai, BBC reported.

4 people killed, 13 injured as building collapses in Sohag

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 - 05:31 GMT

At least four people were killed and 13 others injured on Tuesday when a four-storey building collapsed in Sohag, Upper Egypt, the Ministry of Health said.

1 dead, 14 injured after building collapse in Sohag

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 - 09:39 GMT

Fourteen people injured and a five month-old infant dead after a building collapsed in the east of Sohag early Tuesday morning.

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