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10 coronavirus patients killed in blaze, five medical personnel arrested

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 - 10:29 GMT

Security forces in Obour district of Qalyoubiya, in Greater Cairo, arrested the hospital owner and the director.

5 referred to Mufti for death penalty over damaging pipeline, causing 9 deaths

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 - 02:07 GMT

A criminal court referred the documents of five people to the Grand Mufti, a procedure taken before sentencing convicts to death, over damaging a petroleum pipeline and causing the death of nine people in November in northern Egypt.

10 referred to Criminal Court in Beheira oil pipeline blaze

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 - 11:48 GMT

The incident caused the death of nine and the injury of 11 in November.

Sadek summons national railways top official over Ramses blaze

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 - 02:33 GMT

The chairmanship of the Egyptian National Railways has been assumed by engineer Ashraf Raslan.

LE 56 billion allocated to develop Egypt's railways in 6 yrs: Cabinet

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 - 01:55 GMT

The state has purchased 100 locomotives with a cost estimate of LE 11 billion, while LE 18 billion were spent to maintain and develop 1,300 cars.

Civil defense controls fire at a garage in Shubra, no casualties

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 - 07:26 GMT

Six fire engines and an ambulance car headed to the scene to prevent the fire from spreading.

How Ramses train moved without driver, crashed into platform

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 - 06:55 GMT

There was an altercation between the driver and the other worker in the station and the train was moving slowly and then accelerated so they could not not catch it, the source said in press remarks.

Altercation between drivers caused Ramses station tragic accident, Prosecution Office

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 - 06:56 GMT

The public prosecution office said that an altercation between two train drivers caused the deadly blaze at Cairo’s Ramses Railway Station.

What we know about Ramses Railway Station fatal blaze

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 - 01:27 GMT

Official sources said the railcar could not move with such high speed without a driver unless someone had set it to move.

'Very confined' fire extinguished at Trump Tower in New York-Trump

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 - 11:21 GMT

A fire that broke at in Trump Tower in New York on Saturday is out, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter, calling it a "very confined" blaze.

Major fire engulfs Istanbul hospital, patients evacuated

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 - 08:10 GMT

A huge fire on Thursday engulfed a hospital in Istanbul forcing patients to evacuate as firefighters battled the smoke and flames.

Indonesia fireworks factory fire leaves 23 dead, dozens injured

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 11:11 GMT

Nearly two dozen people have been killed and dozens injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside the Indonesian capital.

In Pics: storage near educational facility set ablaze in Alexandria

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 10:27 GMT

An education complex was set on fire on Thursday in western Alexandria, leaving a number of students suffering suffocations.

Malaysia school fire kills 23 children and teachers

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 - 09:52 GMT

Twenty-three people, mostly children, were killed Thursday when a blaze tore through a Malaysian religious school.

Large fire breaks out at Dubai's Torch Tower

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 - 11:08 GMT

A major fire broke out in Dubai's Torch Tower, one of the world's tallest buildings.

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