Four people have been killed and five injured after a building collapsed in Egypt

A building collapsed today in a working class district Cairoas a result four Egyptians lost their lives, members of a family. In this particular area, two months ago, another building had collapsed, as reported by Egyptian media.

Furthermore, five people were injured when the four-story building collapsed in the Hadayek al-Koba neighborhood, a densely populated area north of downtown Cairo, according to al-Ahram newspaper.

At July 1713 people, including at least seven members of a family, died when a five-story building collapsed in this district.

Many buildings have collapsed in recent years in Egypt, resulting in many deaths and injuries, due to age of buildings but also her non-compliance with the legislation at the urban planning level.

Although this type of disaster is also occurring in other Egyptian cities, the situation is particularly alarming in the capital, second most populous city in Africa with more than 20 million inhabitants.

Source: News Beast

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