CAIRO&nbsp;— At least 13 people were killed on Monday (July 17) when a five-storey building in the Egyptian capital Cairo collapsed, state newspaper Al-Ahram said.

The building in the Hadayek el Kobba neighbourhood north of central Cairo was in a densely built area of informal housing, where rescue workers searched through the rubble for survivors.

Building collapses are common in Egypt due to poor construction standards in many areas.

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Egyptian emergency and rescue personnel search for survivors in the rubble of a five-story apartment building that collapsed, leaving several people dead, according to authorities, in Hadaeq al-Qubbah neighborhood, in Cairo, Egypt, July 17, 2023. 

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CAIRO — At least 13 people were killed on Monday (July 17) when a five-storey building in the Egyptian capital Cairo collapsed, state newspaper Al-Ahram said. The building in the Hadayek el Kobba neighbourhood north of central Cairo was in a densely built area of informal housing, where rescue workers searched through the rubble for survivors. Building collapses are common...

At least 13 killed in building collapse in Cairo