CAIRO: Four ambulances were sent to the site of a fire that broke out in a church in Egypt’s Minya governorate on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said.
The fire broke out at a closed hall in Anba Bishoy church and was caused by a short circuit, Egypt’s interior ministry said.
It comes two days after a blaze ripped through the Abu Sefein Coptic Church in Cairo’s Imbaba neighborhood on Sunday, killing 41 people.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, said that although the fire did not result in any deaths, a person was treated on the scene for suffocation but did not require hospital treatment.
Abdel Ghaffar said that ambulances will continue to be stationed at the scene until the the area is deemed safe in case of further developments.
He added the ambulances arrived at the site of the fire within six minutes of receiving an alert at 2.30 p.m.
The interior ministry announced the fire was brought under control and Minya governor Osama Al-Qadi confirmed the fire did not cause any injuries.
“Immediately, the civil protection forces moved and were able to control the fire and put it out without causing any loss of life,” a ministry source said.
The source added that following confirmation the fire was caused by a short circuit, legal measures were to be taken.
Witnesses said that the fire broke out after children left the church, where they and their maids had participating in a carnival inside one of the church halls.