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“They took four people out in front of me, who looked like they were almost gone,” a resident told theAPafter the building’s collapse.
At least 75 people suffered injuries during the incident, according to not-for-profit media organizationMiddle East Monitor.
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Witnesses told the outlet the building — made up of a ground floor and nine others above it — appeared to begin leaning in the days before its collapse.
Some of the apartment’s residents left the area before the accident, but many others did not have other options for shelter, MEMOreported.
An engineering committee was created following the accident to look at the structural integrity of neighboring buildings, a Cairo government official told theAP.
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According to the outlet, building collapses are not unusual in the country since developers often ignore building permits to increase their profits. The government recently launched an initiative to identify illegal buildings and jail violators,Al Jazeerasaid.
Egyptian Independentreported on Tuesday that the owner of the apartment building that collapsed had been arrested.
source: people.com
