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A fire that broke out Wednesday in a hospital in north Cairo
killed three people and injured 32 others, the Egyptian health
ministry said, Trend
reports citing Al Arabiya.
“The fire started at the radiology ward in a charity-run
hospital in the district of Matariya,” ministry spokesman Hossam
Abdelghaffar was quoted as saying by official media.
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He did not elaborate on the cause of the fire, which was later
brought under control.
The megalopolis of Cairo is home to some 20 million people, many
of them living in informal residential areas with dilapidated
infrastructure.
Deadly blazes, often caused by short circuits, are relatively
common in the city and elsewhere in Egypt, a country of 104 million
inhabitants.
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