It was a less than cheerful night on the airwaves last night, with the nation’s talking head covering a minor gas explosion in Minya that occurred when a gas cylinder exploded. The explosion left one of the two men carrying it with severe injuries and the other with less-severe ones, El Hekaya’s Amr Adib reported (watch, runtime: 5:46 | 0:57). The accident didn’t result in any damage.

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STAYING ON THEME- Experts took to the airwaves to calm earthquake fears. While more than one earthquake was felt this month, experts say Egypt remains far from major seismic zones. Geology professor at Benha University Zakaria Hamimi told Adib (watch, runtime: 14:10) that most earthquakes originate from the Anatolian plate near Crete and are rarely strong enough to cause damage in Egypt. Chair of the Seismology Department at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Sherif El Hady also chimed in, telling Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 10:23) that Egypt’s Delta region may feel tremors more due to its soft soil, explaining that no aftershocks or tsunami risks are expected following the recent earthquakes.

AND- Adib voiced his frustration with real estate telemarketing, calling on the National Telecom Regulatory Authority to find a solution to the issue (watch, runtime: 2:23). “I am talking on behalf of mns who are extremely unhappy with these telemarketers.”

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