Cairo: An apartment building collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least five people Wednesday, Egyptian officials said.
Rescue workers were looking for any survivors trapped under the rubble of the three-story building in the Moharam Bek neighborhood, an official said.
Among the dead were two women in their 20s, he said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Police forces cordoned off the area, keeping back the curious and those who were apparently looking for relatives in the building. Workers were seen using bulldozers to clear away debris.
Alexandria's governor, Mohammed el-Sharif, said in video comments at the scene that initial reports suggested that two families of nine people were inside the building at the time of the collapse.