A huge fire which erupted in the early hours of Sunday 19 June 2022 at the commercial district of al-Raie al-Saleh (the Good Shepherd) in Roud al-Farag, Shubra, Cairo, claimed no casualties or injuries.
According to eyewitnesses, the fire started in two rooms in a vacant land adjacent to the Good Shepherd district in the middle-class district of Shubra.
Three firefighting vehicles directly arrived at the scene of the fire, and the region was cordoned off by the police. The fire was extinguished with no casualties. There had been fears of the fire spreading to a large nearby street market of garments, or to the Good Shepherd Hospital a few kilometres away.
Watani International
19 June 2022