Acil Tabbara
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/ 27 January 2004

Egypt building collapse kills at least 14

At least 14 people were killed, most of them policemen and firefighters, when a blazing 12-storey tower block collapsed on emergency services in a Cairo suburb, police said on Tuesday. Rescue teams had accounted for all the missing policemen and firefighters but could not rule out that civilians may still be under the rubble.

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/ 27 January 2004

Blazing Cairo tower block collapses, kills 14

At least 14 people were killed, most of them policemen and firefighters, when a blazing 12-storey tower block collapsed on emergency services in a Cairo suburb, police said on Tuesday. Rescue workers pulled out the bodies of four policemen, eight firefighters and two civilians from the building which collapsed during a fire.