{"id":330060,"date":"2011-03-22T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/government-building-on-fire-in-egypt\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T16:32:51","slug":"government-building-on-fire-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/government-building-on-fire-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Government building on fire in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59.784496537\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"35.796947578\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s Interior Ministry on fire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li><b><b>NEW:<\/b><\/b> Protesters deny setting the blaze<\/li>\n<li>The ministry was the scene of a protest earlier Tuesday<\/li>\n<li>People fled the burning building<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Cairo, Egypt (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; The Egyptian Interior Ministry was on fire Tuesday in downtown Cairo following a protest earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Flames could be seen on the roof of the multi-story building, and a dark plume of smoke loomed over the city. People could be seen fleeing the building as it burned.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry was the site of a peaceful protest Tuesday morning and afternoon, with thousands of ministry employees &#8212; many of them police officers &#8212; making demands, mainly for higher wages.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters at the building denied setting the fire, saying it originated inside. During the protest, some of them could be seen climbing on guard posts and the building&#8217;s roof.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>Before the fire broke out, a procession of thousands of demonstrators made its way from the Interior Ministry through Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square &#8212; ground zero for protests that toppled longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last month &#8212; and in the direction of the state television and radio offices.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar protest a few weeks ago, demonstrators set other buildings in the Interior Ministry complex ablaze, as well as cars. 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