Egypt: Dozens killed in Coptic church fire in Cairo

Cairo church fire leaves 41 dead, 55 injured

At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in the Giza area. There were also reports of some 55 other people injured.

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According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, 41 people died and some 20 people were injured in the blaze

Egyptian church fire kills at least 41, most of them children

CAIRO (Reuters) -An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children and many suffering from smoke inhalation.The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church in the city of Giza where about up to 1,000 people had gathered.The fire blocked an entrance to the church, causing the stampede, the two sources said, adding that m…

Officials: Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14

CAIRO — A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 10 children.

Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 10 children

CAIRO — A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 10 children.

Dozens laid to rest after deadly church fire in Egypt

A funeral was held at a cemetery in Egypt's second-largest city Giza on Sunday for the victims of a an electrical fire that swept through a Coptic Christian church during Mass earlier in the day, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children and many suffering from smoke inhalation. Jayson Albano reports.