fire devastates one of the oldest film studios in the Arab world

A drama for the 7th art. One of the oldest film studios in Egypt and the Arab world was ravaged, on the night of Friday March 15 to Saturday March 16, by a huge fire in Cairo, without causing any casualties, according to an AFP journalist and journalists. local media. The fire devastated the al-Ahram studio, built in 1944, and then spread to three neighboring buildings which were evacuated before the flames arrived. The residents of these buildings were still sleeping, Saturday morning, on the ground in the surrounding streets, according to the AFP correspondent.

According to local media, the fire broke out after the filming of a soap opera broadcast during Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting which began on Monday and during which television enjoys its biggest audiences in Egypt and the rest of the world. Arab World. The Al-Ahram studio covered 27,000 m2 and included three film sets, a projection room and an editing room.