Article: Building collapsed due to poor structure.

Byline: Dana El Baltaji

Summary: The Dubai Municipality said the structure of a building that collapsed in Deira "was found to be weak."

Poor structure and the use of improper building materials led to the collapse of a building in Deira in August, the Dubai Municipality revealed on Monday.

"There were faults found in all three of the categories," Hussain Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality told UAE daily Gulf News . "There was an engineering fault, misuse of building materials, and the structure of the building was found to be weak. That is evident from the fact that the building collapsed on itself from its middle."

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