ANKARA (AA) – At least 41 people were killed and 14 others injured in a fire that erupted at an Egyptian church west of Cairo early Sunday, the Coptic Church said.
The fire broke out in Abu Sefein Church in the Greater Cairo district of Imbaba, the state news agency MENA reported.
Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said 30 ambulances were dispatched to the scene to transfer the victims to nearby hospitals.
The cause of the fire is not yet clear.