Overview

• The blaze erupted Friday morning at a clothing factory in Mahalla al-Kubra in Gharbia governorate north of Cairo.
• The Health Ministry confirmed eight fatalities and 35 injuries and said 26 ambulances moved the wounded to Mahalla General Hospital.
• Two security sources told Reuters that an electrical short sparked the fire and a boiler exploded on an upper floor.
• Those accounts said the explosion caused part of the building to collapse.
• Local media reported the fire was brought under control as Civil Defense teams continued rescue and debris-clearing operations.