CAIRO: A three-storey building in Egypt s Nile delta collapsed and killed five people, including seven-year-old twins, the country s official MENA news agency reported on Friday.
Five other people were injured when the building, described as an ancient one in the Mansoura area, crumbled late on Thursday.
Such incidents are relatively frequent in Egypt where building regulations are often flouted and additional floors are added without permission.
Last December, 35 people were killed when a 12-storey building in Alexandria collapsed. Two years earlier, in the same city, the collapse of a six-storey building killed 19 people. Three extra storeys had been added illegally.
Tougher legislation against construction companies ignoring the law was introduced in 1996 after a building in Cairo s Heliopolis residential area caved in, killing 64 people. -AFP
