Red Crescent is the functional equivalent of the Red Cross in the Muslim World.
Building fire in Cairo spreading to blood bank at Red Crescent charity http://t.co/Fx2PvQzua9 & pic.twitter.com/kZZnMpgf8x
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 16, 2013
Reports that workers are trapped in the building and some jumping out the windows:
Many employees and workers are stuck inside the burning blood bank building in #Ramsis sq. and some of them jumped out of windows #Egypt
— Ahmad Talaat (@Ahmadtal3t) August 16, 2013
Muslim Brotherhood shot at firefighters and torched a fire truck trying to come to the rescue:
“@nabilelhalfawy pic.twitter.com/mcfwgW7cwH” MB torch fire truck to prevent from arriving at red crescent building which they burned @hrw @CNN
— nagwa assran (@nagwacnbc) August 16, 2013
The building on fire in Ramses sq holds the Red Crescent siege & blood bank. Personnel trapped inside. MB shoot firemen vehicles & burned 1
— Nihad (@NihadAllam) August 16, 2013
The Arabs contractors bldg burning. Two floors are for Red Crescent. Ppl trapped inside. #MB blocking roads infrnt of fire trucks #Egypt
— Mai A. Kader (@Mai_AbdelKader) August 16, 2013