Cairo building collapse kills 17 people
AKIPRESS.COM - A block of flats has collapsed in Egypt's capital, Cairo, killing at least 17 people, officials say.
Seven people were also injured when the eight-storey building in the western suburb of Matariya collapsed overnight, media report.
Emergency services chief Gen Mamdouh Abdul Qader said rescue workers were searching through the rubble for 15 people who were believed to be trapped.
The residents of four nearby buildings have been evacuated as a precaution.
In January 2013, the collapse of an eight-storey block of flats in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria left 28 people dead.
