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Unidentified assailants burn police car in Alexandria
Egypt
February 4, 2016
Unidentified assailants burn police car in Alexandria
Unidentified assailants used Molotov cocktails and fireworks to set fire to a police car on Thursday parked in a garage…
Four dead, 19 wounded in Alexandria hospital blaze
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Four dead, 19 wounded in Alexandria hospital blaze
Four people died and 19 others were wounded when a fire broke out at a private hospital in Alexandria on…
Fires put out after Port Said-Damietta gas pipeline blast
Egypt
January 25, 2016
Fires put out after Port Said-Damietta gas pipeline blast
Civil defense forces in Damietta succeeded Monday in putting out a fire at the natural gas pipeline extending to the…
Firecrackers leave 1 dead, 380 injured in Philippines
World
January 1, 2016
Firecrackers leave 1 dead, 380 injured in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say firecrackers have left at least one man dead, 380 other revelers injured and…
CNN: Blaze hits Dubai skyscraper, New Year’s fireworks proceed nearby
Middle East
January 1, 2016
CNN: Blaze hits Dubai skyscraper, New Year’s fireworks proceed nearby
Clouds of smoke continued to waft Friday from a 63-floor luxury hotel in Dubai that was engulfed in flames on…
Accusations fly over Saudi hospital fire that killed 24
Middle East
December 25, 2015
Accusations fly over Saudi hospital fire that killed 24
Accusations flew over who was to blame for the deaths of at least 24 people in a Saudi hospital fire,…
3 injured, including firemen, at Jewish Alley fire
Egypt
September 20, 2015
3 injured, including firemen, at Jewish Alley fire
Twenty fire trucks were at the scene of a large blaze that caught at a store in Old Cairo’s Jewish…
Scores killed in South Sudan oil tanker explosion
World
September 17, 2015
Scores killed in South Sudan oil tanker explosion
At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an oil tanker…
Fire forces 1,000 Asian pilgrims from Mecca hotel
Middle East
September 17, 2015
Fire forces 1,000 Asian pilgrims from Mecca hotel
About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early Thursday (Sept 17) from their hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca, hit…
Minister announces new fire stations in 52 industrial areas
Egypt
September 9, 2015
Minister announces new fire stations in 52 industrial areas
Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahed al-Ashry agreed to construct fire stations in 52 industrial areas across the country on Wednesday. Ashry…