At least 3 killed in building collapse
A 12-story building collapsed in Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing at least three people, according to rescuers and the state-run Middle East News Agency.
Two women were pulled from the debris with minor injuries, a rescue worker said. Civil defense workers had pulled three corpses from the rubble by nightfall, the news agency said, quoting Brig. Gen. Nabil Zeni, head of Alexandria’s fire department.
Police could not immediately explain the reason for the collapse, but the news agency cited Umaimah Salahedeen, an official with Egypt’s Housing Ministry, as saying the building “was erected without authorization . . . more than 25 years ago.” He said it had been ordered to be torn down or renovated.
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