Building Collapse in Cairo Leaves 5 Dead

People inspect the area where a building was collapsed in Gesr al-Suez, Cairo, Egypt, on March 27, 2021. Mai Shams El-Din/Reuters

CAIRO—Five people were killed and 24 injured when a Cairo apartment building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

Witnesses told Reuters many people were still trapped under the rubble of the 10-story building.

By Mai Shams Eldin and Omar Fahmy