CAIRO, Jul 28 (Aswat Masriya) - A furniture factory fire killed 19 people and injured 22 more in the city of Qaliyubia, northeast of Cairo, on Tuesday, reported the state news agency MENA.

Those killed and injured in the fire were transferred to five different hospitals in Greater Cairo, MENA cited Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar as saying.

Ambulances are heavily surrounding the scene of the incident, Abdel Ghaffar said.