Rescuers search for missing people on the site of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 3, 2024. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
CAIRO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement.
Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber ordered the evacuation of the nearby buildings in the Al-Sahel neighborhood 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. ■
Rescuers search for missing people on the site of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 3, 2024.
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Rescuers search for missing people on the site of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 3, 2024.
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Rescuers search for missing people on the site of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 3, 2024.
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Rescuers search for missing people on the site of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 3, 2024.
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the scene of a building collapse in Cairo, Egypt.
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighborhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)