3 سيارات تسيطر على حريق شقة سكنية بمصر القديمة was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Monday, 12 October 2026 at 00:11 UTC. The event is classified as a fire incident with a severity rating of Minor, and was detected through PRESS.
Reported by Youm7, a national news outlet in Egypt. Read directly from the publisher's own feed rather than through a news aggregator.
Where this happened
The incident is located in Egypt (Africa), whose capital is Cairo. Historically, Egypt is most affected by flash floods, extreme heat and road accidents. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Egypt incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 26.800°, 30.800°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding fire events
Structural, factory, market, hospital and residential fires. Most fire deaths are caused by smoke inhalation rather than flames, and a room can reach untenable conditions within a few minutes of ignition. Working smoke alarms and clear, unlocked exits remain the two measures that save the most lives.
How severity is rated
Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Minor. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.
Safety guidance for fire situations
- Get out and stay out; never return for possessions.
- Stay low under smoke and close doors behind you to slow the spread.
- If a door feels hot, do not open it — use your second exit route.
- Call emergency services from outside, not from inside the building.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from PRESS and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Reported
Reported by National press, News reports (Google News). Not independently confirmed. Copies of one syndicated story are counted once.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· receivedFirst report News report
First recorded from National press.
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:04 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "রিয়াধ বিমানবন্দরের টার্মিনালে ফের হামলা, আগুন, মৃত ১, আহত ১১, দাম্মামেও আঘাত হুথিদের"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 00:30 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "সৌদি আরব: অজ্ঞাত বস্তু দিয়ে হামলার জেরে কিং খালিদ আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে আগুন লেগেছে।"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 00:10 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "恭喜，中国男排主攻王滨抵达韩国，加盟三星火灾，月底将迎来首秀！"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Крупный пожар потушили в районе Бурятии"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:18 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В Бурятии следователи выясняют обстоятельства смертельного пожара в Новом Уояне - Номер Один - Новости Бурятии и Улан-Удэ сегодня"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Шесть лесных пожаров зафиксированы в Хабаровском крае"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:21 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В Хабаровском крае за сутки ликвидировали 24 техногенных пожара"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "21 пожар потушили в Красноярском крае за сутки – погиб 1 человек - НИА-Красноярск"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:09 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Иркутская область на 100% выполнила госзадание по защите лесов от пожаров"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Площадь лесных пожаров в Хабаровском крае увеличилась до 1 902 га"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:33 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В Алтайском крае ликвидируют масштабный пожар в здании сельской школы"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 00:35 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Крупный пожар произошел в школе в Алтайском крае"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:05 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "12 октября пожарные более 9 часов тушили пожар в муромском ресторане"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 00:24 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В Бурятии на пожаре в двухквартирном доме погибла женщина"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Пенсионер из Комсомольска-на-Амуре получил премию за спасение девочек при пожаре"
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· received · event time 12 Oct 2026, 01:03 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Саудовская Аравия: В международном аэропорту имени короля Халида вспыхнул пожар после нападения с использованием неопознанного предмета."
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 17 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 28°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.