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Blaze hits El Gouna Film Festival site in Egypt

 


A fire broke out at the site of Egypt's top film festival a day before it is due to start at a Red Sea resort.

Videos posted on social media showed a blaze engulfing part of the open-air venue that hosts El Gouna Film Festival before it was extinguished.

At least eight people needed hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.

Organisers said only one section of the festival plaza was affected and that the opening ceremony would go ahead as scheduled on Thursday night.

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  1. El Gouna Film Festival 2021 has kicked off in Egypt! The film festival actually had a rocky start as a fire broke out at the site of Egypt’s top film festival a day before it was due to start at the Red Sea resort. After the fire was extinguished, the festival organizers said that the opening ceremony would continue as scheduled on October 14. The film festival takes place from October 14 through October 22 at the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna.

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