CNN —At least four people, including a child, have died and four others were injured after a building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Monday, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
Three victims of the collapse have been identified.
So, I walked a few steps forward to find the ceiling falling along with them [my mother and brother].
I was facing the sky and they were down.”Workers put out a small fire after Monday's collapse, a live stream showed.
About 7,000 old, inhabited buildings in Alexandria are at risk of collapse, Al-Ahram reported, citing a member of Egypt’s House of Representatives.
Persons:
Ahram, Abdullah Mahfouz, Mostafa Othman, Hamdy El, Mohamed El Sherif, Mohamed Ahmed, “, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Al, Getty, ” Workers, Hazem, Egypt’s
Locations:
Egyptian, Alexandria, Al, Xinhua, Hazem Gouda, AFP