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Four Dead, Others Injured in Capsizing of Marine Barge in Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Cairo - (Saba):
Four people died and 22 others were injured on Tuesday evening due to the capsizing of a marine barge in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources reported the capsizing of a marine barge belonging to an oil drilling platform in the Jebel El-Zeit area of the Gulf of Suez.
In a statement, the ministry said it received a report from the "OSOCO" company about the capsizing of the marine barge Adam Marine 12 in the Jebel El-Zeit area.
Mutaz Atef, the ministry's spokesperson, stated in a press interview that an emergency response plan was activated following the incident.
For its part, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population reported that four deceased individuals were transferred to Hurghada General Hospital, while 22 injured were taken to El Gouna Hospital.
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