Cairo Building Collapses, Burying Nine People

Published December 15th, 2000 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A three-floor house collapsed Friday morning in the Giza neighborhood of southwest Cairo, burying nine people who are all presumed dead, a police source said. 

Rescue workers have already recovered one body and are continuing the search for the other eight. 

The building collapsed around 8:00 am (0600 GMT) while the inhabitants were sleeping, and the cause is still unknown -- CAIRO (AFP)  

 

 

 

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