Egypt Daily News – A house collapsed today, Monday, in the Kerdasa area of Giza Governorate, Egypt, resulting in the deaths of 10 people. Intensive efforts are being made by civil protection teams to remove the rubble and rescue anyone possible.
The Giza Security Directorate’s emergency room received an urgent report about the building’s collapse on “Al-Mohawel” Street. Immediately, a security force, along with ambulance and rescue teams, was dispatched to the scene of the incident.
The residents of Kerdasa woke up to the sound of an explosion, followed by the collapse of a three-story building.
Survival of 6 People
After inspections, investigations, and interviews with witnesses, it was revealed that 19 people lived in the building. Ten of them lost their lives, three others were injured, and six people survived death after managing to quickly exit the house when the incident occurred.
Civil protection and rescue teams began extracting the bodies of the victims from beneath the rubble. They managed to recover all the victims and transferred them to the general hospital’s morgue. The injured were taken to the hospital for necessary medical care.
Civil protection teams used a bulldozer to facilitate the removal of rubble and search for any survivors, while the electricity supply to the area was also cut off.
Cracks in Two Adjacent Houses
The collapse of the building caused cracks in two neighboring houses, which were evacuated in preparation for a decision to be made regarding their safety. The relevant investigative authorities have ordered the formation of an engineering committee from the Giza Governorate to inspect the neighboring buildings to assess the extent of their damage from the collapse.
Investigators listened to the statements of the injured to uncover the circumstances surrounding the building’s collapse. Preliminary investigations and information revealed that a gas cylinder explosion occurred on the upper floor, leading to the collapse.
