Egypt's house of parliament in flames - 19 Aug 2008

In Egypt, dozens of firefighters have been working to tackle a major blaze that's engulfed the country's upper house of parliament in Cairo. Rescue teams were hampered by a lack of water.

Al Jazeera's Amr El-Kahky said the blaze was believed to have been started by an electrical short circuit.

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[14842]

uhu, thats one way to deal with our corupt goverment stealing our Tax-monney :) XD

[narpyweave]

how unfortunate. as if egypts government isn't already messed up.

[macbrack]

Muslim Brotherhoods 'Reichstag' moment???

[Randomize2008]

this might be normal due to the high ambient temprature in the region. fires happen everywhere,, quite regular, why the big fuss anyway.

[laborgrunt]

Not a big lose considering that Egypt is a dictatorship so what do you need a legislative body for when you have President for Life Hosni Mubarak?

[mostpacifistic]

shhhh...

[Bassemrr]

Electrical short circuit my ass.