...

Hospital catches fire in Saudi Arabia, injuring about 30 people (UDPATE)

Arab World Materials 20 November 2012 15:55 (UTC +04:00)
Details added, headline is changed (the first version was posted at 15:04)
Hospital catches fire in Saudi Arabia, injuring about 30 people (UDPATE)

Details added, headline is changed (the first version was posted at 15:04)

About 30 people injured as a result of strong fire in a hospital in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, RIA Novosti quotes Qatari satellite channel Al Jazeera as reporting.

According to "Al-Bayan" news website, the cause of the fire could be a failure in the cooling system of the building. At present, fire brigades are involved in the site. More than a hundred patients were evacuated from the building.

Doctors say that as a result of the fire, according to preliminary data, 27 people were injured, mostly poisoned by combustion products.

Tags:
Latest

Latest