CAIRO - A huge fire erupted at a police facility in the Egyptian Suez Canal city of Ismailia early on Monday, injuring at least 25 people before firefighters contained the blaze after several hours, emergency services and media reported. Two witnesses told Reuters firefighters initially appeared to struggle to tackle the blaze. More than three hours later, state television said it had been contained. At least 25 people were injured in a preliminary count of casualties, the Egyptian Ambulance Authority said. (Reporting by Hatem Maher and Yusri Mohamed; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Christian Schmollinger)

Source: The North Africa Journal October 02, 2023 04:49 UTC