Flames erupted at Cairo’s main airport after an explosion at a chemical’s factory in the Egyptian city.
Twelve people are believed to have injured in the blast which occurred at a storage facility in the north of the capital, state news agency MENA reported.
The minister of civil aviation, Younis al-Masri, said air traffic at the airport was unaffected by the explosion, which could be heard blasting across the area.
“Due to high temperatures, an explosion happened at a petrochemicals storage belonging to the Heliopolis for Chemical Industries,” said Colonel Tamer al-Rifai, the military spokesman, in a social media posting.
“Civil defence trucks were deployed to bring the fire under control,” he added.
Rifai did not say who owned the factory, but security sources and some people on social media suggested it belonged to the armed forces.
Witnesses said ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene as a cloud of black smoke rose over the area.
Source: News Agencies
