Fire damages Egypt’s new Alexandria library

Robert Teeter, and Rochelle Hartman noticed The Associated Press Says — A fire broke out Sunday in the sleek, new Alexandria library, sending thick smoke swirling through the building that opened to international fanfare in October.

The fire, which lasted about 45 minutes, appears to have been caused by a short circuit in the fourth-floor administrative area of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina — the waterfront site of what was the most renowned library of the ancient world.

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