Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre in Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson at Egypt’s Health Ministry, told Reuters on Tuesday.

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials said Tuesday a fire that engulfed a main telecom company building in downtown Cairo a day earlier left four people dead and over two dozen injured.

At least 22 people were injured after a fire broke out in a key telecoms data center in Cairo on Monday (July 7), the spokesperson of Egypt's health ministry told Reuters. People were unable to make phone calls, and a major internet disruption was registered after the fire erupted.