埃及國營媒體 「金字塔報」(Al-Ahram)報導,首都開羅東郊赫里歐波利斯(Heliopolis)附近一棟10層住宅大樓今天凌晨倒塌,罹難人數增至18死。
金字塔報表示,開羅救難人員在倒塌建築物瓦礫堆下挖出18具遺體。
開羅省政府稍早前表示,這起事故造成5死24傷。省長阿布德阿爾(Khaled Abdel Aal)在民防部隊陪同下,立即前往事故現場。他下令「成立工程委員會」檢查周邊建築物,評估是否受損。
由於許多建築物年久失修,加上未嚴格遵守相關規劃規定,埃及近幾年發生多起致命建築物倒塌和工業火災事故。
At least 8 people lost their lives and 24 were injured when a building collapsed in Cairo’s district of Gesr El-Suez, according to Al-Ahram Online.
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Another sad & bloody day for Egypt.
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8 people dead and 30 injured in Cairo, after a multi-storey building collapsed early Saturday.
This tragedy happened only a day after the train collision in Sohag where 32 lost their lives & 150 were severely injured.
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