12-story building reportedly collapses near Cairo, Egypt; casualties unkno

[NewHampster]

http://www.msnbc.com

[soleft]

1. Wouldn't it be in the wee hours there - hopefully not highly occupied

If it's an office building.

[damnraddem]

2. Yet the Great Pyramid has stood 4500 years.

They sure don't make them like they used to.

[NewHampster]

3. 65 or more Dead

CAIRO, Egypt - A 12-story building collapsed in a Cairo suburb Monday night after a fire in the lower floors, the Middle East News Agency reported. Up to 65 people were reported dead.

[papau]

5. I watched that building being built long ago - why it was made to be 12

stories is the question. They had very little that we would consider standard for a tall building.

Building collapses are common in Egypt and are often caused by shoddy construction or the unauthorized building of extra stories.

The last such incident was May 4, when a seven-story apartment building collapsed in Cairo, killing at least seven people.

[hang a left]

4. Isn't it strange that msnbc would report

a building collapsing from a fire all the way the hell over in Cairo?