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The Cairo fire (Arabic: حريق القاهرة), also known as Black Saturday, [3] [4] was a series of riots that took place on 26 January 1952, marked by the burning and looting of some 750 buildings [5] —retail shops, cafes, cinemas, hotels, restaurants, theatres, nightclubs, and the city's Casino Opera —in downtown Cairo.
On 11 March 2021, a fire occurred at a clothing factory in Obour, [1] a city in Egypt near Cairo. [2] It killed at least 20 people and injured another 24. [3] Fifteen fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the fire. [1] The cause of the fire was likely a chemical explosion involving flammable materials stored in the basement of the building.
The fire's death toll was among the largest in Egypt's recent history, and the country's top prosecutor ordered an investigation into the blaze. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] While Egypt's Copts have faced discrimination, attacks, and religious violence , both the church authorities and the Egyptian state agencies believe the fire to be accidental.
Several trapped congregants jumped from upper floors of the Martyr Abu Sefein church to try to escape the intense flames, witnesses said. “Suffocation, suffocation, all of them dead,” said a ...
A fire rips through a church in a densely populated neighborhood of the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday, killing dozens. Fire kills 41, including 15 children, at Coptic church in Cairo Skip to ...
A Lava lake, also known as "fire lakes" The lake of fire is a concept that appears in both the ancient Egyptian and Christian religions. In ancient Egypt, it appears as an obstacle on the journey through the underworld which can destroy or refresh the deceased. In Christianity, it is as a place of after-death punishment of the wicked.
Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. In a statement, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh ...
Ancient Zoroastrians believed fire to have been “the most holy spirit” from which all life was born, and fire was used as a central icon in many Zoroastrian rituals. [ 6 ] In the Old Testament , fire was often associated with divine intervention ; with the burning bush guiding the decision of Moses , and the pillar of fire guiding the ...