Fire at Al-Azhar Mosque Under Control

Cairo, MINA – A fire that broke out inside Al-Azhar Mosque, in Al-Gamaleya area, has been brought under control without any fatalities.

Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb called for an urgent and comprehensive report on the damage caused, Arab News reported.

The Civil Protection used four fire engines to control the fire, a result of a short circuit in a lamp in a storage room, before it spread to the prayer square.

Osama Talaat, head of the Islamic, Coptic and Judaic antiquities sector, confirmed that the building was safe, adding that a committee, headed by Ahmed Abu Bakr, vice president of the sector, immediately went to the site to ascertain the damage.

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Upon visual inspection they found no damage to the building, its inscriptions, decorations or wooden items where the fire started, he said.(T/R3/RE1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) 

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