Police said an initial investigation blamed an electrical short-circuit. 9News
The church quickly filled with thick black smoke, and witnesses said several trapped congregants jumped from upper floors to escape the Sunday morning fire.
The cause of the blaze in the Abu Sefein church in the working-class neighbourhood of Imbaba was not immediately known. An initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement. Witness Emad Hanna said the church includes two places used as a daycare for children, and that a church worker managed to get many children out."And we started to see from outside that the smoke was getting bigger, and people want to jump from the upper floor. ... We found the children."Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking after attack, agent confirms
Fifteen firefighting vehicles were dispatched to the scene to put out the flames while ambulances ferried casualties to nearby hospitals, officials said. Emergency personnel work at the site of a fire at the Abu Sefein church that has killed over 40 people and injured at least 14 others, in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba, Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. The church said the fire broke out while a service was underway. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known but a Police said an initial investigation blamed an electrical short-circuit.
The ministry, which oversees police and firefighters, blamed an electrical short-circuit for the fire, which produced huge amounts of smoke.
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