Massive fire devours factory in Qalyubia, Egypt

SANAA, Dec. 15 (YPA) – A huge fire broke out at a factory for advertising products in Qalyub center of  Egypt’s Qalyubia province on Monday evening.

The civil protection forces were able to control the fire, after sending six fire trucks to the scene.

Civil protection forces in Qalyubia were able to prevent the fire from spreading to the rest of the factory, according to the “Al-Ahram.”

The fire caused no casualties.  The prosecution was notified to take over the investigations.

The Qalyubia fire was the third in Egypt on Monday, when al-Labban, west of Alexandria province, witnessed a large fire in a warehouse belonging to the logistics area, which was controlled and did not result in injuries among the workers.

The second fire broke out late Monday night with an oil truck on the Cairo-Suez road, and civil protection vehicles moved to the scene to control the fire, but the fire injured one person who was taken to hospital.

E.M