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  • Huge fire in Qalyub scrap depot extinguished

    Date: 2018-02-26 19:00:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:97 - ID:7267004

    BANHA, Egypt, Feb 26 (MENA) - Civil protection units in Qalyubia governorate managed Monday to extinguish a massive fire that broke out in a scrap depot in the city of Qalyub, without casualties reported. Eight fire engines were deployed to the ....

  • Fire breaks out at hospital in Nasr City; no casualties reported

    Date: 2018-02-26 18:02:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:94 - ID:7267066

    CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - A minor fire broke out at a storehouse of a hospital in Nasr City district in Cairo, said the Ministry of Health on Monday. No casualties have been reported so far, said the ministry in a statement. Three well-equipped ....

  • Huge fire at chemicals warehouse in Sharqiya put out

    Date: 2018-02-25 12:46:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:7264351

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Feb 25 (MENA) - Civil Defense teams extinguished a huge fire that erupted at a chemicals warehouse in Sharqiya. No casualties were reported. The huge fire reportedly broke out at a 150-square-meter warehouse used for storing ....

  • Train hits bike in Qena; two killed

    Date: 2018-02-23 21:54:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:7261946

    QENA, Egypt, Feb 23 (MENA) - Two people were killed on Friday when a train hit their motorbike in Qena in Upper Egypt. The motorcycle, without plates, was unlawfully crossing the railroad when the collision occurred in Deshna township, said ....

  • IDSC denies sanctions on families with many babies

    Date: 2018-02-22 16:42:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:7260081

    CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) dismissed Thursday news reports on plans to impose sanctions on families with many children. Some reports were circulated on social media networks ....

  • Cabinet denies Hurghada hospital behind death of UK tourist

    Date: 2018-02-22 15:36:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:7259987

    CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) – The Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center has denied that a private hospital in Hurghada was responsible for the death of a British tourist. Earlier foreign news reports said the hospital turned off life-support ....

  • Sinai people commend Armed Forces, police efforts to eradicate terror

    Date: 2018-02-21 11:12:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:7257703

    ARISH, Egypt, Feb 21 (MENA) - Sinai people commended the efforts exerted by the Armed Forces and police to secure the state and eradicate terror. Speaking to MENA reporter on Wednesday, a group of Sinai citizens lining at a checkpoint to cross ....

  • 6500 tons of butane gas, 63,000 tons of wheat arrive to Red Sea Ports

    Date: 2018-02-21 09:11:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:14 - ID:7257237

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Feb 21 (MENA) - Zaytiyat port received a ship on Wednesday carrying 6500 tons of butane gas coming from the Saudi port of Yanbu, Spokesman for Red Sea Ports Authority Malak Youssef said. Safaga port received a ship loaded with ....

  • Cabinet approves bill on natural gas

    Date: 2018-02-20 15:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:74 - ID:7256365

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - The cabinet approved on Tuesday a bill to amend some provisions of law no. 217 of 1980 regulating the use of natural gas. The new amendments come as part of the state's efforts to widen the use of natural gas and overcome ....

  • Huge fire erupts in porcelain insulator factory in Qalyubia

    Date: 2018-02-20 15:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:73 - ID:7256288

    BANHA, Egypt, Feb 20 (MENA) - A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a factory of porcelain insulator in the industrial zone in Obour city in Qalyubia governorate, northeast of Cairo. Firefighter squads rushed to the factory and controlled the fire. No ....

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