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PHOTO GALLERY: Massive fire breaks out at popular downtown Cairo market




People look at a fire that erupted inside a six-story hotel called Andalusia in the populous Ataba neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 9, 2016 (AP)

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

People look at a fire that erupted inside a six-story hotel called Andalusia in the populous Ataba neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 9, 2016 (Sabry Khaled)

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

Egyptians, policemen and firefighters gather at the site of a fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016 (AFP)

Forty-five people were wounded in the fire, many of whom suffered asphyxiation, health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told Ahram Online.
 

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