At least 35 killed in Egyptian church fire, security sources say

CAIRO - At least 35 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire inside a church in the Egyptian city of Giza on Sunday, two security sources told .

The electrical fire broke out as 5000 worshippers gathered for mass at the Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighborhood, causing a stampede, the sources said.

 

(Reporting by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan; Writing by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by David Goodman)