25 killed, over 100 injured in Saudi hospital fire

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An overnight fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia had killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others, the BBC reported a short while ago.

The blaze had broken out in the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital, the Civil Defence Agency tweeted.

The fire is now over and those injured have been transferred to other hospitals in the area, it added.

An investigation is under way to find out the cause of the blaze. Some 21 civil defence teams helped extinguish the fire, according to the agency.

Photographs published in Saudi daily Okaz showed rooms inside the hospital charred deep black, debris hanging from the ceiling.

Jazan is near the border with Yemen, which has seen months of fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces.

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Bippity Boppity Boo Thursday, 24 December 2015 02:27 PM

Where was Allah or was he watching it happen. Please do not throw stones at anyone. A life is very precious for all of us.

DHA Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:04 PM

So sad....Lets pray that they were able save the babies.....

ahmedlk Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:04 PM

We forget our past very soon, for you massage allah means god in arabic.

siraj Thursday, 24 December 2015 03:28 PM

This show how pathetic you are,people died in a hospital fire you talking politics,jazan is a very rural are with lot of asians working there so before you talk think if u can...it is a tragidy normal people died u trying to have a laugh shows ur up brining.

ANTON Thursday, 24 December 2015 04:03 PM

YEAH .... WHAT BIPPITY SAID IS A QUOTE OF SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST.

Appu Thursday, 24 December 2015 06:10 PM

No Srilankan dead. But Saudi court will findout the cause of the blaze. Srilankan will get the punishment for not working hard to stop the blaze.

Bippity Boppity Boo Thursday, 24 December 2015 09:48 PM

ahmedlk, Yes. we all know that Allah in Arabic is for God and that it is a myth. Time to realise.

Nethra Friday, 25 December 2015 10:31 AM

We pray for each and every livings on earth for healthy and peaceful life.

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