25 killed in Saudi Arabia's hospital fire
Twenty-five people were killed and 107 others injured in a
fire that ripped through a hospital in south Saudi Arabia early Thursday
morning, said the country's civil defense.
The fire occurred in the intensive care unit and the
maternity ward on the first floor of the Jazan General Hospital, a civil
defense spokesman of Jazan district said, reports Xinhua.
Yahya al-Qahtany said his agency was alerted of the fire at
2:10 a.m. (2310 GMT Wednesday), and immediately sent 21 teams, including fire
brigades, security forces, rescue and medical teams, to the scene.
The blaze has been put under control and the injured were
transferred to private and public hospitals in the district, he said. The cause
of the fire is under investigation.
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