Coverage dated August 13, 2022 to August 14, 2022

Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, including 15 children

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An initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement.

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  1. Local News 8

    Children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire (opens Local News 8)

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    By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels and Hira Humayun, CNN Children are among at least 41 people killed, and 14 injured after a fire broke out at a church in Giza’s Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, according to a spokesperson for the Egyptian Coptic Church citing health officia…

  2. KYMA Yuma

    18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    At least 18 children were among the dozens of people known to have died after a fire broke out at a church in Giza's Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, according to hospital documents seen by CNN.

  3. The Times of Israel

    41 killed in Cairo as fire engulfs Copt church during Sunday mass, officials say (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Another 14 injured in blaze; prosecutor's office opens investigation and sends a team to establish cause

  4. WFAA Dallas

    Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, including 15 children (opens WFAA Dallas)

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    An initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement.

  5. Al Jazeera

    At least 41 killed in Egyptian church fire: Officials (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Church officials, citing the health ministry, say 55 others were injured in fire in Giza city in Greater Cairo.

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children, and injuring 16 others. The church quickly

  7. Los Angeles Times

    At least 41 killed in fire at Coptic church in Cairo (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A fire rips through a church in a densely populated neighborhood of the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday, leaving at least 41 dead and 14 injured.

  8. NBC Los Angeles

    Fire at Coptic Church in Egypt Kills 41, Injures 14 (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    A fire ripped through a packed church during morning services in Egypt’s capital, killing at least 41 worshippers and injuring 14.

  9. CBS News

    Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41 and injures 14 (opens CBS News)

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    Egypt's Coptic Church says a fire at a Cairo church has killed at least 41 people and injured at least 14 others.

  10. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Officials: Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14 (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    CAIRO (AP) — A fire ripped through a church in […]

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Dozens die in Coptic church fire in Egypt | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A fire in a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, has killed at least 41 people.

  12. Al-Monitor

    Egyptians mourn 41 killed in Cairo Coptic church fire (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during Sunday mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows.The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, a working clas…

  13. Fox News

    Fire at Coptic Church in Egypt kills dozens, mostly children: report (opens Fox News)

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    Two security sources told Reuters that the fire at the Abu Sefein church in Cairo's Imbaba neighborhood killed mostly children. Officials said at least 41 people were killed.

  14. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    Fire at Cairo church kills 41, including 10 children (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    Egypt's health minister blamed the smoke and a stampede as people attempted to flee the fire for causing the fatalities.

  15. FOX 5 DC

    Fire at Cairo church kills at least 41, injures 14 (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Egypt's health minister blamed the smoke and a stampede as people attempted to flee the fire for causing the fatalities.

  16. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Dozens killed in Egypt church fire (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels and Hira Humayun, CNN At least 41 people were killed, and at least 14 injured after a fire broke out at a church in Giza’s Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, according to a spokesperson for the Egyptian Coptic Church citing health officials.

  17. Herald Bulletin

    Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 10 children (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 10 children, and injuring 16 others. The church quickly

  18. Wyoming Public Media

    A fire at a church in Cairo kills 41 people and hurts 14 others (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighborhood as congregants worshipped, the Coptic Church said. It was one of the worst fire tragedies in Egypt in recent years.

  19. Al-Monitor

    Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic church (opens Al-Monitor)

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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 Sunday mass, church officials said.The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church located in the densely populated Imbaba neighbourhood west of…

  20. Portland Press Herald

    Fire at Cairo Coptic Orthodox church kills 41, including 15 children (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The cause of the blaze is not immediately known.

  21. NBC News

    Dozens killed after fire engulfs Coptic church in Egypt (opens NBC News)

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    Many of the casualties were caused by the result of smoke inhalation and a stampede, as worshippers rushed to escape, a spokesman for Egypt's health ministry said.

  22. France 24

    Fire during mass at Cairo Coptic church kills more than 40, say church officials (opens France 24)

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    More than 40 people were killed in a blaze that broke out during a Sunday mass in a Coptic Christian church in a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo, church officials said.

  23. Deutsche Welle

    Egypt: fire in Coptic church kills dozens | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    More than forty people have been killed in a fire at a Coptic church in Giza, Egypt's second largest city. The building was packed with worshippers as the fire broke out. Many were trapped inside the four-storey building.

  24. Fox32 Chicago

    Fire at Cairo church kills 41, including 15 children (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Egypt's health minister blamed the smoke and a stampede as people attempted to flee the fire for causing the fatalities.

  25. KOB 4

    Safety concerns after deadly fire rips through Egypt church (opens KOB 4)

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    Residents of a Cairo neighborhood say they are in shock a day after a devastating fire ripped through a Coptic Orthodox church, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children. The tragedy, one of Egypt’s deadliest fires in recent years, spurred an outpouring of condolences and mourning.

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