Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building disrupts communications, injures 22


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  • Tuesday, 08 Jul 2025

A firefighter tries to put off a fire that broke out in a telecommunications building, which led to communications disruptions across the Egyptian capital, including people being unable to make phone calls, according to local media, in Cairo, Egypt, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 22 people were injured after a fire broke out on Monday in a key telecoms data centre in Cairo, the spokesperson of Egypt's health ministry told Reuters, as disruptions of communications across the capital were recorded.

A state TV reporter said it had been contained.

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