Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash: Ministry

A multiple-car crash on a Cairo street in front of Egypt’s main cancer hospital set off an explosion that killed a total of 19 people.
Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash: Ministry
People extinguish a fire from a blast outside the National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt on Aug. 4, 2019. Shokry Hussien/Reuters
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A multiple-car crash on a Cairo street in front of Egypt’s main cancer hospital set off an explosion that triggered a fire outside the building, killing a total of 19 people, authorities said on Monday, Aug. 5.

The crash and the explosion also injured 30 others, the health ministry said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any of the casualties were inside the hospital.