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25 Egyptian workers killed in Cairo blaze

Deadly conflagration guts timber factory in eastern Cairo’s Al-Obour City district

28.07.2015 - Update : 28.07.2015
25 Egyptian workers killed in Cairo blaze

CAIRO 

At least 25 workers were killed on Tuesday when a massive fire tore through an eastern district of Egyptian capital Cairo, according to a Health Ministry spokesman.

“Another 22 people were injured in the fire, which gutted a timber factory in eastern Cairo’s Al-Obour City,” ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told Anadolu Agency.

The spokesman added that civil defense personnel and firefighters had since managed to extinguish the blaze.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire began after a gas cylinder exploded as it was being carried by workers.

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