No fewer than 41 people were killed in a fire outbreak that occurred during a Sunday mass in a Coptic Christian church in a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo, church officials said. The cause of the fire at the Abu Sifine church in the capital's northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, is unknown. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on his Facebook page: "I have mobilised all state services to ensure that all measures are taken." Fire services later said the fire had been brought under control, AFP reports.
Children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire
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More than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of Greater Cairo during mass on Sunday, state and religious officials said.The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba west of the Nile river, part of Giza governorate. Witnesses described panicked scenes as people rushed into the multi-storey house of worship to rescue those trapped but were soon overwhelmed by the heat and deadly smoke.