AN Egyptian factory manager and 13 of his colleagues died when a weekend fire swept through their tile factory south of Cairo following a gas leak, police said on Monday. Rescue workers on Sunday recovered 12 charred bodies, including that of manager Adel Abdelatif, upon entering the gutted Pharaohs Factory in Ushim, 100km south of Cairo. Two other employees died of their injuries late on Sunday, police added. It took firefighters and 30 firetrucks four hours to put out the fire. Police estimated property losses at 40-million Egyptian pounds ($10-million). – AFP