A leak caused by the gas cylinder resulted in six women and two children injured on Sunday in a fire in Giza’s al-Badrasheen area, as they visited a newly-married couple in their apartment.
Badrasheen Police Station received a report from Hawamdeya General Hospital of six women aged between 28 and 63, and two children aged 2 and 3-years old, sustaining burns on their bodies.
Emergency authorities visited the hospital to hear the victims’ testimonies of the incident, who reported that they were visiting the newly-wed couple and a fire broke out suddenly, as one switched on the lighting in the kitchen.
The cause of the fire has been attributed to a gas leakage from the cooker’s cylinder. There were no accusations or suspicions of deliberate arson in causing the fire.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
