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Sources told Reuters news agency stampede caused by electrical fire after 5,000 worshipers gathered in Giza, Cairo.
Egypt’s health ministry has said “several” people have been killed in a fire at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo.
The health ministry said at least 55 people were injured in the fire on Sunday.
Two security sources told Reuters news agency an electrical fire broke out as 5,000 worshipers gathered for mass at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighborhood, causing a stampede.
Fifteen firefighting vehicles were dispatched to the scene to put out the flames while ambulances ferried the casualties to nearby hospitals.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spoke by phone with the Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II to offer his condolences, the president’s office said.
More to follow.
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