Blazing Chaos: Fire Engulfs Egypt’s Media Production City, Disrupts Dramatic Work Filming Location
- A huge fire broke out in Media Production City in Egypt's October 6 district on Monday evening.
- Flames rose from inside the city walls and smoke completely enveloped the surrounding area, creating an alarming situation.
- A source in the media production city revealed to Al Arabiya.net that the staff of the satellite channel located inside the city were surprised by the intense growth...
A huge fire broke out in Media Production City in Egypt’s October 6 district on Monday evening.
Flames rose from inside the city walls and smoke completely enveloped the surrounding area, creating an alarming situation.
Description of the fire
A source in the media production city revealed to Al Arabiya.net that the staff of the satellite channel located inside the city were surprised by the intense growth of fire and smoke.
He added that it was found that the fire broke out in popular neighborhoods located inside outdoor photography studios, which witness the filming of many dramatic and cinematic works.
The source added that the studio in the popular neighborhood of Media Production City is made up of wood and some flammable materials, apart from several warehouses for props used for filming artistic works, explaining that the area would be dangerous for fire. Due to the nature of the materials present.
Civil protection reached the spot after receiving the information about the fire
Civil defense forces dispatched several fire engines, and a security cordon was placed around the fire to prevent it from spreading to neighboring areas and to tighten control over it.
Security services rushed to the scene of the fire with 6 fire engines and 7 ambulances.
“Previous fire in the same area.”
It is noteworthy that the Media Production City witnessed a massive fire inside a filming studio in the Islamic Quarter a few months ago, where part of the decor of artist Yasir Jalal’s “Zudar” series caught fire, but the fire was brought under control. Quickly, and not resulting in any human harm.
Earlier this year witnessed a fire inside the Al-Ahram Studio on Al-Haram Street, which engulfed the decorations of artist Mustafa Shaban’s “Teacher” series, which created a major disaster, as the fire completely consumed the decorations, and civil protection workers for more than 12 hours. Keep trying to put out the fire over time.