In the early hours of Saturday, a nine-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian capital leaving at least eight people dead and injuring two dozen, local reports said.
The area located in Cairo’s Gesr al-Suez district has since been cordoned off by the Police as civil defense and other first responders search through the rubble in a search and rescue operation.
It is still not clear what may have caused the collapse. But building collapses are not uncommon in Egypt due to illegal construction, and poor enforcement of regulations.
The Egyptian Government has however ordered an urgent investigation into the reasons behind the collapse.