Incidents recorded in Egypt across battery storage, solar, wind, grid infrastructure and data centres.
11 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
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On the evening of Wednesday 14 October 2026, according to a report in Cairo 24, a fire broke out in an electricity transformer known as the Kharit transformer, in the Nasr El Nuba centre, Aswan Governorate, Egypt. It was the second fire at this transformer,...
Two people were injured in a fire that broke out at an electricity transformer on the Toshka road, east of Al-Owainat in Aswan governorate, Egypt, according to a report published by Al-Masry Al-Youm on 14 October 2026. The competent authorities received a...
On the morning of 6 October 2026, a fire broke out inside a public electricity transformer on Wanjat Street in Alexandria, Egypt, in front of a private hospital in the east of the city. Civil protection crews set a cordon and put the fire out before it...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
A fire broke out in an electrical cell at the Bayt Dawud transformer station in Girga, Sohag governorate, Egypt. Civil protection forces responded with two fire engines, contained the blaze and cooled the site, preventing spread to other station components....
A fire broke out at the main power station in Farafra Centre, New Valley Governorate, Egypt, after a transformer inside the station exploded, according to a report by the Mawlana news portal. The blast cut power to Farafra city and its surrounding villages. A...
A fire broke out in an electricity transformer in front of the Al-Baytari level crossing in Aswan, Egypt, according to the Youm7 news site. Civil Protection forces received a report of the fire and attended the scene. They brought the fire under control after...
Civil protection crews in Qalyubia governorate brought under control a limited fire that broke out at a transformer inside the Qaha substation, which is on the agricultural road in the Qaha police district. The report was published on 20 October 2026. Three...
A fire broke out at an electricity transformer in front of a fuel station in Fayoum, Egypt. A report by Awan Masr dated 11 October 2026 says the fire was brought under control and that there were no injuries. The date of the fire, its cause, the transformer's...
Civil Protection forces in Fayoum governorate, working with local residents, brought under control a fire that broke out in an electricity transformer in front of a fuel station in Abjij village, Fayoum, Egypt. The report states that no human injuries...
Civil defence in Menoufia governorate is reported to have controlled a fire in an electricity transformer in Al-Ramali village, in the Qweisna area of Menoufia, Egypt. The report says the fire was extinguished without spreading to neighbouring places and...
On 7 July 2025 a fire broke out in an equipment room at the Ramses switchboard of Telecom Egypt, on the seventh floor of a 10-storey building in the Ramses area of Cairo. The fire lasted for hours. Four workers died and 26 people were injured. The cause has...
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