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Blaze at Cairo Telecommunications Building Kills 4, Disrupts Internet, Phone
CAIRO, EGYPT, JUL 7 – The fire disrupted phone and internet services, reducing national connectivity to 62% according to NetBlocks, and injured 14 people, mostly from smoke inhalation, officials said.
- A fire at the Telecom Egypt building in Cairo killed four employees and injured over two dozen, according to the workers' union.
- The blaze caused a temporary outage of internet and mobile phone services, with national connectivity dropping to 62% of normal levels, reported NetBlocks.
- Digital banking services were also disrupted, affecting credit cards, ATMs, and online transactions, stated a bank source.
- An electrical short circuit is believed to be the cause of the fire, as reported by MENA citing a security source.
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