Chemicals Factory Blast Injures 12 Outside Cairo’s Main Airport

Chemicals Factory Blast Injures 12 Outside Cairo’s Main Airport
Explosion sets off fire outside Egypt's Cairo airport on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Moustafa Khairallah/Reuters
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CAIRO, Egypt—Egyptian firefighters battled flames that erupted after an explosion at a chemicals factory outside Cairo’s main airport on Thursday, with a dozen people reported injured in a blast an army spokesman said was caused by high temperatures.