Fire in Cairo Apartment Building Kills Five Members of One Family

A fire in a seventh-floor apartment in Cairo's ʿUmrāniyya district has killed five people from a single family.

• The mother jumped from the seventh floor with her two daughters; all three died from their injuries.
• Two other children were found dead inside the apartment after the fire was extinguished.
• Rescue teams extinguished the fire and prevented its spread to adjacent units.
• The public prosecution has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire.