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Saudi Arabia hospital fire: 25 killed and over 100 injured | |
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An overnight fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others, officials said. | |
The blaze broke 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. |