The fire broke out as 5000 worshippers gathered for mass at the church.(Representational)
Cairo:
A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic church in Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said, while the health ministry said 55 people were injured.
The blaze started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the Egyptian capital’s working-class district of Imbaba, officials said.
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