CAIRO
\nA massive fire broke out on Monday at a police facility in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people before firefighters could extinguish the blaze several hours later, authorities said.
\nOfficers from the Egyptian Armed Forces and the Suez Canal Authority also took part in fire and rescue operations at the Ismailia Security Directorate headquarters, northeast of Cairo.
\nCooling operations for the building are underway, officials said.
\nThe Ministry of Health and Population has increased the preparedness of hospitals in Ismailia Governorate to receive injured people.
\nHossam Abdel Ghaffar, a ministry spokesperson, said that 50 fully equipped ambulances were sent to the site.
\nThe spokesperson said all emergency medications and blood groups were available in the governorate\u2019s hospitals.
\nAbdel Ghaffar said ambulances provided emergency treatment to 12 injured people at the site.
\nThe official said 26 other injured people \u2014 24 cases of suffocation and two cases of burns \u2014 were transferred to Ismailia Medical Complex.
\nSeven injured people were discharged from the medical complex after recovering.
\nEgypt\u2019s Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik inspected the site of the blaze.
\nHe directed a committee of consultants to determine the cause of the fire and review the structural safety of the building to restore it to working condition as soon as possible.
\nThe minister demanded that all aspects of care be provided to the injured until their complete recovery.
\nA team from the Ismailia Public Prosecution visited the site to conduct inspections and question witnesses, as well as those injured in hospitals.
\nAn official statement on the fire that broke out in the Ismailia Security Directorate building has yet to be issued.
\nIsmailia Gov. Sherif Fahmy Bishara visited the injured and said that full medical care should be provided to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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