Somali National News Agency
So
Ar
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
    Local NewsShow More
    Somali Foreign Minister Welcomes Djiboutian Counterpart to Mogadishu
    August 28, 2025
    Somali Government Provides Details on Visit of UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
    August 28, 2025
    Somalia’s Ambassador to Turkey Praises New Diplomatic Relations with Kazakhstan
    August 28, 2025
    Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency (ICA) Launches New E-Visa System to Modernize Immigration and Boost Security
    August 28, 2025
    Somali Cabinet Approves Key Defense Agreements with Jordan, Qatar, and Pakistan
    August 28, 2025
  • World News
    World NewsShow More
    Hamas accepts an Arab ceasefire proposal on Gaza as Palestinian death toll passes 62,000
    August 19, 2025
    “Gunman Kills 3 in Texas; Explosion in Pennsylvania Leaves 2 Dead”
    August 12, 2025
    Somali-American Candidate Abdirizak Mohamed Ali Runs for Mayor of Hopkins, Minnesota
    August 8, 2025
    Israel kills aid worker in Gaza amid rising starvation deaths, US envoy meets with hostages’ families
    August 3, 2025
    Ghana Donates 40 Metric Tonnes of Cocoa to Palestine in Act of Solidarity
    August 2, 2025
  • Articles
    ArticlesShow More
    Somalia’s Political Leaders Forge a Path to Democracy
    August 25, 2025
    Ode to Yan’an: How a Song Inspired Chinese Youth During Wartime
    August 19, 2025
    Somalia’s Story Is More Than the Siege Narrative. It’s Time the World Reported It That Way
    August 13, 2025
    Somali and Allied Forces Deal Major Blow to Al-Shabaab in Coordinated Offensive
    August 6, 2025
    Somalia’s Financial War Against Al-Shabaab: Key Achievements and Strategic Milestones (2022–2025)
    August 4, 2025
  • Business
    BusinessShow More
    Somalia Unveils the Blueprint for a Modern and Sustainable Mogadishu
    December 21, 2024
    Djibouti Launches $57.4 Million Youth Entrepreneurship Project to Combat Climate Change
    November 25, 2024
    FM meets Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia
    October 28, 2024
    President Hassan Sheikh Inaugurates New LPG Storage Center in Mogadishu
    May 12, 2024
    Collaboration of ICT transformation for digital Infrastructure
    October 24, 2023
  • Sports
    SportsShow More
    Mogadishu Stadium to Host Star-Studded Match Featuring Somali Legends and International Football Icons
    May 27, 2025
    Arsenal held at Brighton while Man City bounce-back continues
    January 5, 2025
    Galmudug wins the Inter-State Football Tournament
    January 29, 2024
    Somalia set for two int’l friendlies ahead of WC qualifier clashes against Algeria and Uganda
    October 10, 2023
    Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world’s oldest skydiver
    October 3, 2023
  • Tenders
    TendersShow More
Reading: At least 6 killed, 27 others injured after a four-story apartment building collapsed
Share
Font ResizerAa
Somali National News AgencySomali National News Agency
  • SOMALI
  • ARABIC
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
Follow US
©2023 || All rights reserved SONNA
Somali National News Agency > Blog > World News > At least 6 killed, 27 others injured after a four-story apartment building collapsed
World News

At least 6 killed, 27 others injured after a four-story apartment building collapsed

By Khadar Aweys
Last updated: February 11, 2023
2 Min Read
Share

CAIRO (SONNA) — Cooking gas cylinders packed into the basement of a four-story apartment building in northern Egypt exploded on Friday, collapsing the building and killing at least six people. Twenty-seven were injured, authorities said.

The explosion and the subsequent collapse took place in the Nile Delta city of Damanhour, about 150 kilometers (99 miles) north of the capital, Cairo. The office of Egypt’s public prosecutor said the cylinders were stored in violation of regulations.

Among the dead were three children, the youngest was a 3-year-old, authorities said in a separate statement.

Search efforts were ongoing to find those still missing beneath the rubble while the injured were transported to a nearby hospital, it said. No further details were immediately provided.

Building collapses are common in Egypt, where poor construction and shoddy building maintenance are common across the country, especially in shantytowns, low-income neighborhoods and rural areas.

Last month, six people were killed in an apartment block collapse in the southern city of Asyuit.

After Friday’s collapse, Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity said the families of those killed would receive 50,000 Egyptian pounds, or about $1,638, in aid. Families who lost their homes in the collapse would receive 20,000 Egyptian pounds, which is around $655, it said.

The government has tried to crack down on illegal construction in recent years following decades of lax law enforcement. Also, authorities are building new cities and neighborhoods to rehouse those living in poorly constructed buildings.

However, many cities across the North Africa country still have large swaths of unlicensed apartment blocks and shantytowns in breach of building regulations.

Source: ABC

Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Email Copy Link Print

MORE NEWS

Ode to Yan’an: How a Song Inspired Chinese Youth During Wartime

ArticlesCulture
August 19, 2025

Kenya’s small farmers find respite in avocados amid changing climate

NAIROBI(SONNA) As crop diseases and pests rise in Kenya amid a rapidly changing climate that…

March 11, 2023

Somali Foreign Minister Welcomes Djiboutian Counterpart to Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr.…

August 28, 2025

Nimcaan Hilaac appointed to lead Waberi National Band

Mogadishu (SONNA)-Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed…

March 3, 2020

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Situation in Libya

Tripoli, (SONNA) — On 17 May 2025, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expressed deep…

Local NewsWorld News
May 17, 2025

STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA ON MANDA BAY AIRFIELD TERROR ATTACK

MOGADISHU(SONNA)- The Federal Republic of Somalia joins the rest of the world in condemning the cowardly attack that targeted joint…

NewsPoliticsWorld News
January 6, 2020

‘Death zone’ – WHO says of Al-Shifa Hospital

Dozens of people, including children, have been killed in Israeli air attacks on UN-run schools in Northern Gaza: al-Fakhoora School in the…

World News
November 19, 2023

Somali soldiers graduate from UK run training course

Mogadishu(SONNA)- One hundred and thirty-four (134) Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers graduated on Wednesday from a UK-led training course in…

CultureLocal NewsNewsPoliticsWorld News
November 7, 2019

Somali National News Agency established in 1964. It is one of the main pillars of the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism.

  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
  • SNTV
  • RADIO MOGADISHU
  • DALKA JOURNAL
  • TOURISM DEPARTMENT

Follow US: 

  • MoICT
  • VILLA SOMALIA
  • OPM SOMALIA

All rights reserved SONNA

©2023

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?