Egypt prison fire death toll rises to 5

CAIRO, Apr 28 (Reuters) Two prison inmates died in hospital on Saturday of injuries sustained in a prison fire, taking the death toll to five, security sources said.

The Interior Ministry said yesterday an electrical short in a ceiling fan sparked a fire in the prisoners' sleeping quarters in Wadi el Natrun prison, northwest of Cairo.

Three inmates died and an undetermined number were injured, some of whom were transferred to a hospital outside the prison.

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