The tragedy of a property collapse in Cairo... 5 victims from one family and a video documenting

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On Tuesday evening, the Hadayek al-Qubba area in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, witnessed a tragic accident following the collapse of a residential property, killing 6 people and injuring 7 others, including 5 victims from one family.

The Egyptian authorities received a report stating that a property had collapsed on Al-Khaleej Street in the Hadayek Al-Qubba area. Civil protection forces and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the site of the report, to follow up on the situation and examine the circumstances of the accident.

The civil protection forces and executive agencies continue, for the second day in a row, their efforts to remove the rubble of the collapsed property and deal with the effects of the accident.

Search and rescue operations under the rubble have so far resulted in the recovery of the bodies of 6 people, including 3 children and 2 women. It was also found that 5 of the accident victims belonged to the same family, while ambulances transported the seven injured to the hospital to receive the necessary medical care.

This accident was an extension of a series of residential building collapse incidents taking place in some areas of the Egyptian governorates, especially old neighborhoods with high population density.

Note that the causes of this recurring crisis are due to several overlapping factors, the most prominent of which is the aging of a large number of buildings and the absence of regular maintenance, in addition to encroachments and building violations, such as increasing floors in an unconsidered manner, in addition to faltering renovation work in some properties subject to the old rental system.

On the other hand, the Egyptian government is intensifying its efforts to reduce this phenomenon by inventorying facilities that are at risk of collapse and issuing removal and restoration decisions, in parallel with the expansion of urban development projects and moving residents from dangerous areas, to protect lives and property.