CAIRO: A 10-month-old child and a 38-year-old man were killed and 13 injured on Sunday after a building collapsed in Beheira governorate, northern Egypt.
A search was underway for missing people trapped under the rubble.
The eight-story building collapsed in the city of Rashid (Rosetta) in the Beheira governorate.
Civil protection forces and ambulances rushed to the site of the collapsed building, and a security cordon was set up around it.
Ambulances transported the injured to Rashid Hospital. Authorities were notified to investigate the cause and circumstances of the crash.
In February, two people were killed and 25 injured as a result of the destruction of two houses. A gas cylinder exploded in one house, which resulted in the collapse of the house and the one next to it.
Last month, at least three people were killed when a 14-storey apartment building collapsed in the northern coastal city of Alexandria.
In June, three passers-by were injured after the collapse of two balconies in an old building in East Alexandria. They were taken to hospital.
In June 2022, a five-story building collapsed in the capital Cairo. The collapsed building caused the partial collapse of two neighboring buildings.
