Explosion near the Cairo airport made 12 wounded

The strong explosion that occurred Thursday night in a chemical tanker near the Cairo airport in Egypt left at least 12 injured, said Tamer al-Rifai, a spokesman. of the army. The explosion was violent and was heard by residents of a neighborhood near the airport, located north of the Egyptian capital, according to the source. According to sources quoted by France Press, the 12 wounded were "transported to the hospital" and the severity of the injuries was not revealed.

Tamer al-Rifai explained in his Twitter account that "heat" that caused the explosion. The explosion occurred in a tank of a company specializing in the "chemical industries", Heliopolis for the chemical industries, located in an area controlled by the army.

In the area a security perimeter with a strong police presence was created. Several emergency vehicles and firefighters were sent to the scene to extinguish the flames and help the wounded. The Minister of Civil Aviation Yunes al-Masri denied that the explosion had occurred in the perimeter of the airport and ensured that the air movement "continues in a natural way and organized. "

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