This is a list of major structural fires in Egypt. It includes fires with one or more confirmed fatalities in a workplace or other public place (e.g., trains), or that result in the loss of the building.
Fire inspections and regulatory enforcement are lax in Egypt, especially since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, so large and deadly fires are somewhat more common than usual. The government of Egypt said that there were nearly 50,000 reported fires, in which 203 people died and 855 people were injured, during 2022.
21st century
+FireYearPlaceDeathsNotesRamses Exchange fire2025Cairo438 injured.Police station fire2023Ismailia038 people injured.Giza church fire2022Giza41Electrical problem in an air conditioning unit.Clothing factory fire2021Obour20Caused by chemicals stored in the basement. Also 24 injuries.Hospital fire2021Kafr El Sheikh2Electrical problem in hospital ICU unit caused a fire that killed two patients.Shoe warehouse2021Giza0Business was unlicensed. 13-story building engulfed by fire.Juvenile detention center2021Cairo6Hospital fire2020Obour7Fire in ICU unit.Hospital fire2020Alexandria7Fire in the hospital killed seven patients and injured another.Highway fire2020Cairo0Cars on a nearby highway set fire to a leaky oil pipeline. 17 people were injured.Ramses Station rail disaster2019Cairo25Train derailment, possibly due to brake failure.Restaurant fire2015Cairo17Arson by a disgruntled ex-employee. Restaurant had no emergency exits.Furniture factory fire2015Obour25+Gas container exploded in an elevator at a factory without safety permits.Shura Council fire2008Cairo1 killedA short circuit caused a fire to break out in the afternoon in the Egyptian Shura Council building. 16 people were injured.Beni Suef Cultural Palace fire2005Beni Suef46A candle set fire to the stage scenery. Fire extinguishers were not in place, and the theater was overcrowded.El Ayyat railway fire2002near El Ayyat370+Fire on board, probably caused by portable cooking gas used by a passenger to heat food, resulted in hundreds of deaths.
20th century
Musafirkhana, 1998 Khedivial Opera House, 1971
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