The officials said the fire followed a fist-fight between two children in one ward at the facility, located in the city's Marj districtA fire broke out Thursday at a juvenile detention centre in Egypt's capital of Cairo, killing at least six children, officials said. The officials said the fire followed a fist-fight between two children in one ward at the facility, located in the city's Marj district. More than two dozen other children were injured, they said. The state-run newspaper Akhbar el-Yom reported that the children were not able to flee the fire because the ward was locked. In March, a fire at a garment factory near Cairo killed at least 20 people and injured 24 more.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2021 22:30 UTC