PHOTO GALLERY: Cairo building collapse kills at least 16

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Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: Ahmed Al-Fass)

Egyptian relatives react as they wait near the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: Al-Ahram)

Excavator work at the site of a collapsed building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: Al-Ahram)

Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: Al-Ahram)

Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: AP)

Neighbors watch rescue operation from their damage balcony in front of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: AP)

Egyptian relatives react as they wait near the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: AP)

Egyptian volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the Cairo suburb of Matariya, early Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 (Photo: AP)

At least 16 people died and more than seven were injured when a building collapsed in Cairo’s Matareya district in the early hours of Tuesday.