A fire and a building collapse in Egypt's Nile Delta leave 8 people dead September 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM 0 This is a locator map for Egypt with its capital, Cairo.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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CAIRO (AP) — A building in Egypt's Nile Delta partially collapsed following a fire that broke out at dawn on Friday, killing at least eight people and injuring 29 others, officials said.
An electrical short circuit caused a boiler to explode and a fire to break out on the second floor of a dye business in the city of Mahalla, about 103 kilometers (64 miles) north of Cairo. Located in Gharbia province, Mahalla is known for textile manufacturing.
That led to the partial collapse of the building, said the governor's media office in a statement.
Gov. Ashraf el-Gendy, who visited the site, said in a statement that emergency response crews fully contained the fire and removing destroyed parts of the building, but rescuers were still trying to pull out three people from under the rubble. Their conditions were unclear.
The labor ministry said in a statement that some members of the civil defense personnel died while extinguishing the fire. One of the injured is in intensive care, eight are still in the hospital and the others have been treated and released, according to the governor's office.
In July, a fire engulfed the main telecom company building in downtown Cairo, injuring at least 14 people and prompting a temporary outage of internet and mobile phone services.
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