Deadly Building Collapse in Cairo

Rescuers search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt.

   

At least one person was killed in the accident.              

              

Local residents say they felt the earth shake, and after running out on to the street found that the building had collapsed.

              

[Local Resident]:                

"We felt the earth shaking at around 2:30 a.m. We, the residents of the area, ran out and found that this building had collapsed. The building was around nine to eleven months old, some say that there were families in it but we don't know if there were."              

              

It was not immediately clear whether the shaking the residents felt was from an earthquake, or the collapse of the building.