Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly visited the Ramses Central building in downtown Cairo on Wednesday, July 9, morning, to assess the aftermath of the massive fire that broke out earlier this week and review efforts to restore telecom services disrupted by the incident.
Accompanied by Minister of Communications Dr. Amr Talaat and Cairo Governor Dr. Ibrahim Saber, the Prime Minister inspected the site and was briefed on the current structural condition of the building and the progress of service restoration. He emphasised the urgent need for a full structural safety assessment and thanked civil defence forces for their tireless efforts.
According to the Ministry of Communications, the blaze began on the seventh floor of the Ramses Central building &mdash; a critical hub for Telecom Egypt &mdash; at approximately 5:00 PM on 7 July. Despite early intervention and the building&rsquo;s built-in fire suppression systems, the fire rapidly spread through cable shafts to multiple floors.
Dr Talaat reported that mobile and landline data services outside the immediate Ramses area have largely returned to normal. However, customers in the surrounding neighbourhood still face partial outages. Voice services and mobile signal strength for all four major operators were temporarily impacted, but have now recovered to nearly 95% of normal capacity, with full restoration underway.
Crucially, banking and stock exchange services also saw disruptions. While most banks had backup systems, a handful were affected; the issue was resolved by 9:00 AM the next day, except for one bank, which resumed normal operations by Wednesday evening. The Egyptian Stock Exchange suspended its Tuesday session as a precaution but reopened on Wednesday after systems were stabilised.
Emergency services were also affected. The 123 ambulance line faced temporary outages across several governorates, prompting the Ministry to assign alternate emergency numbers until service was restored by Tuesday afternoon.
The Prime Minister instructed officials to present a rapid recovery plan and prepare the building for full operations as soon as its structural integrity is confirmed. He was informed that the Building Inspection Authority is expected to issue a technical report on the safety of the building within days.
Before departing the scene, Dr.Madbouly personally thanked members of the civil defence team for their dedication, meeting with several officers and praising their round-the-clock work to contain the blaze.
Photo Credit: The Egyptian Cabinet's Official Facebook Page&nbsp; &nbsp;

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