What the records say
- When
- 14 Aug 2022
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 30.07° N, 31.19° E
- Description
- 2022 fire in Egypt
- Deaths
- 41
- Injured
- 45
Giza church fire
2022 fire in Giza, Egypt
On 14 August 2022, a fire broke out at the Abu Sefein Church, a Coptic Christian Orthodox church in the Imbaba neighborhood of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The fire started during Sunday worship services when nearly 5,000 worshippers were gathered.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Giza church fire: At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox church in Giza, Egypt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un incendie durant une messe dans une église d'un quartier du Caire fait dont au moins”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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