MAGNITUDE 5.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES EASTERN EGYPT. (PHOTO)
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes eastern Egypt A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook eastern Egypt early Monday, prompting authorities to activate response plans, although there were no immediate requests for emergency help. The tremors were felt across a wide area, waking residents across Cairo and reaching as far as El-Arish near Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. The quake struck about 40 kilometres north of the city of Suez at 3:00 am (0000 GMT), according to Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, which revised an earlier estimate of 5.2.
According to sources,today saturday around 12:30am,fire destroyed property worth millions of Naira in Sab gari market,Kano state Nigeria.The fire that destroyed several shops also razed the footwear section of the market.According sources,at few hours ago,men of the Fire Service were still battling to control the fire.Though when the Director of the State Fire Service,Alhaji Mustpha was contacted by some pressmen,he said the fire started at about 1am and had destroyed several shops in the market.According to him,the fire started at the footwear section of the market.''Our men are still trying to put out the fire as i am talking to you now we are in the market''.Sources further said this is the second time in five months that the Sabon Gari market was gutted by fire.One more photo below.
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