- Fire at Ismailia police headquarters injures 38.
- No reported fatalities, cause unknown.
- Egypt faces frequent fatal fires.
According to local media, a massive fire broke out at a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Monday, injuring at least 38 people.
No fatalities were immediately reported, but the building is staffed by military personnel at all hours, and hospitals were placed on alert.
Local media footage depicted smoke rising from the completely charred multi-story building.
The cause of the fire that erupted at the Ismailia Security Directorate headquarters before dawn is currently unknown.
Local media, citing the health ministry, reported that 24 of the 26 wounded individuals transferred to a local hospital suffered from “asphyxiation,” and 2 from burns.
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Twelve additional victims received on-site treatment.
State media reported that the health ministry sent 50 ambulances and two planes to the spot.
Egypt has several fatal fires due to lax fire rules and sluggish emergency response.
A fire caused by a short circuit killed 41 worshippers in a Cairo church in August 2022, leading to calls for improvements in the country’s infrastructure and the fire department’s response time.
In March 2021, a fire at a textile factory in the capital killed at least 20 people, while in 2020, two hospital fires claimed the lives of 14 people.
