Inferno at Saudi Arabian hospital kills 25 & injures 107 (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
A blaze at the Jizan General Hospital in southwest Saudi Arabia destroyed its intensive care unit and the maternity ward on the first floor, leaving over 130 people dead and injured.
#BREAKING Multiple deaths and injuries reported in hospital fire in Jazan, Saudi Arabia @OKAZ_onlinepic.twitter.com/6ib8UmPhUV
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) December 24, 2015
At least 20 firefighter brigades from the local civil defense directorate arrived to fight the blaze.
#السعودية | ٣ قتلى و ٢٥ مصابا في حريق بمستشفى #جازان العام - عكاظ pic.twitter.com/pkiW2hlwve
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) December 24, 2015
The injured have been taken to other local hospitals.
إحدى وعشرون فرقة دفاع مدني وعدد من الجهات ذات العلاقة تباشر حريق مستشفى جازان العام. https://t.co/vuJpC1zUcmpic.twitter.com/MPcTlYyYTt
— الدفاع المدني (@KSA_998) December 24, 2015
The city of Jizan is close to the Yemen border.
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