Dozens injured in large fire at police station in northeastern Egypt

INTERNATIONAL / By Luis Moreno

More than 30 people were injured this Monday in a large fire that destroyed the State Security headquarters in the city of Ismailia, in eastern Egypt and on the banks of the Suez Canal, for reasons still unknown, official sources reported.

The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, said in a statement that at least 12 people had to be treated urgently and were transferred to the hospital, while another 26 cases were taken to a medical center, including two who suffered burns. and the rest by suffocation.

The fire was declared early this Monday at the State Security police headquarters in Ismailiya, without the reasons for the fire being known so far.

According to Egyptian television, the fire has already been controlled and Civil Defense teams are carrying out cooling work.

In the images shown by the Extra News network it is clearly seen how the fire has devastated the police headquarters.

Egypt suffers frequent fires, especially in the summer months, due to high temperatures that reach up to 44 degrees in the months of August and September, and which put high pressure on electricity consumption with air conditioners and air conditioners.

This year the Egyptian Government imposed an agenda of power cuts in all the country's provinces to regulate electricity consumption and end the lack of energy in strategic buildings.