Today, Saturday, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced that it had brought under control a fire that broke out in one of the branches of the Carrefour chain located in a commercial complex in the governorate of Alexandria in the north of the country, without loss of life.
And it stated in a statement that the fire broke out in the central air conditioner at the top of the mall building, noting that it did not affect the building.
The pioneers of the communication sites had shared terrifying scenes of the fire, while the civil protection forces pushed 8 firefighting vehicles to control the fire.
Tongues of flame rising
The administration of the center evacuated the headquarters of citizens in a state of panic, and flames escalated and covered the sky of Alexandria, and the Alexandria ambulance facility was pushed by about 5 cars.
Blackouts
For his part, a security source revealed that the cause of the fire was the main converter of the Hyper, which led to a massive fire outbreak, and attempts are currently being made to contain the fire before it spreads to the rest of the center.
Carrefour evacuation
The headquarters was evacuated from visitors and employees after the spread of smoke and the spread of flames to various places in the mall.
In parallel, the Egyptian Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar moved to the scene of the accident with the Governor of Alexandria, Mohamed Al-Sharif, to follow up on the work of controlling the fire. According to Al-Ahram Gate.
The portal quoted the governor as saying that a citizen suffocated, while a civil protection member sustained a minor injury during the firefighting operation.
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It is noteworthy that Carrefour witnessed a power outage yesterday evening for long periods, which caused the closure of the restaurants and shops area due to a malfunction in the electricity that feeds the shops and restaurants.