Alexandria's security chief, police Maj Gen Abdel-Mawgood Lutfi, said the 24-flat block was built five years ago.

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The inquest heard how the fire on the ninth-floor flat of the 15-storey block started after a resident left a curtain resting on a lamp.

BBC: Jim Shears (left) and Alan Bannon

On a recent weekday morning, as roosters crowed outside, Ms. Foppiani worked in a small room, closely examining a mug with a wide, flat handle that has an old, block print design.

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Health and safety officials have been checking gas appliances inside the flat to trace a leak, and the apartment block has been evacuated while tests continue.

BBC: Neil McFerran (l) and Aaron Davidson (r)

The family lived in a flat on the fourth floor of the seven-storey block.

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Previously jurors have heard how faulty electrical equipment started the fire in flat number 65 on the ninth floor of the 14 storey block.

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No chemical substance had been found in the flat so far, Mr Todd said - but officers were still searching the entire three-storey Victorian block early on Wednesday afternoon.

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