Egyptian media reported that the father of the singer Ihab Tawfiq died today, Thursday, as a result of a fire in his house in Nasr City, Cairo.

Firefighters rushed to Tawfik's father’s house to put out the fire before it hit the neighboring houses.

"Masrawy" website confirmed that Tawfik's father died after suffocating with gases emitted from the fire, not burning, and the site published a video clip of the burning fire in the house, at a time when the fire brigades were trying to control it.