The Egyptian security did not reveal the motives of the person involved

He sat on the balcony to smoke, enjoying the view of the fire that was set in the building

The Egyptian security forces in Port Said Governorate arrested a person who set fire to his residential unit, and nearly caused the fire of an entire apartment building, endangering dozens of lives.

 According to "Cairo 24", the person, after the fire began to spread, sat on the balcony of the house to smoke a cigarette while contemplating what was happening, amid the gathering of dozens of residents of the area, and the flames escalated and spread in the neighboring apartments amid the astonishment and terror of the residents.

The person accused in the fire tried to escape after controlling the fire, but the policemen were on the lookout for him, and they managed to arrest him.

The Civil Protection forces received a report of the accident, and 3 firefighting vehicles were dispatched, which were able to control the flames and put out the fire, before it spread throughout the building.

The security forces had received a report of the incident, and immediately directed the formation of a criminal investigation team to find out its causes, and to seize the accused person and present it to the Public Prosecution.

A team from the Public Prosecution office inspected the site of the fire, assessed the damage caused by it, and listened to eyewitnesses' statements.

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