Tag: Fire
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Fire at Egypt Coptic Church Kills Dozens During Sunday Prayers
CAIRO — At least 41 people were killed and about a dozen others injured after a fire broke out in a Coptic Orthodox church in greater Cairo as worshipers gathered for Sunday prayers, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The blaze at Abu Sefein Church — one of the largest in the municipality of Giza…
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Rapidly Spreading Oak Fire Destroys 10 Structures
A rapidly growing wildfire in California near Yosemite National Park destroyed 10 structures overnight on Friday and threatened 2,000 more, the authorities said. The fire, called the Oak fire, began at 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Midpines in Mariposa County, roughly 70 miles north of Fresno and about 10 miles from Yosemite near the…