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| Fire in Saudi Hospital’s Maternity Ward and I.C.U. Kills Dozens | Fire in Saudi Hospital’s Maternity Ward and I.C.U. Kills Dozens |
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| LONDON — At least 25 people were killed Thursday morning when a fire tore through the maternity and neonatal intensive care unit at the general hospital in Jizan, a port city on the southwestern tip of Saudi Arabia. | LONDON — At least 25 people were killed Thursday morning when a fire tore through the maternity and neonatal intensive care unit at the general hospital in Jizan, a port city on the southwestern tip of Saudi Arabia. |
| Twenty-one ambulances and fire units were sent to the hospital after an emergency call at 2:10 a.m., according to a Facebook post by the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate, which attributed the information to Maj. Yahya al-Qahtani, the agency’s spokesman in the area. | Twenty-one ambulances and fire units were sent to the hospital after an emergency call at 2:10 a.m., according to a Facebook post by the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate, which attributed the information to Maj. Yahya al-Qahtani, the agency’s spokesman in the area. |
| The authorities were investigating the cause of the fire, which also injured at least 107, the agency said on Twitter. | The authorities were investigating the cause of the fire, which also injured at least 107, the agency said on Twitter. |
| It was the third large-scale — and possibly avoidable — deadly disaster to hit Saudi Arabia in the past four months. At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled at Mecca’s Grand Mosque in mid-September. A few weeks later hundreds of pilgrims were crushed in a stampede during the annual hajj. | |
| Jizan, a city of 70,000 on the Red Sea that is just a few miles from the border with Yemen, was once a center of pearl fishing. | Jizan, a city of 70,000 on the Red Sea that is just a few miles from the border with Yemen, was once a center of pearl fishing. |
| Southwestern Saudi Arabia is the only part of the country that receives enough rainfall to sustain crops. Farmers grow cereals like wheat and barley, and fruits like mangoes and papayas, but the region remains quite poor. | Southwestern Saudi Arabia is the only part of the country that receives enough rainfall to sustain crops. Farmers grow cereals like wheat and barley, and fruits like mangoes and papayas, but the region remains quite poor. |
| Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, is planning to build a major refinery and terminal for Jizan. | Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, is planning to build a major refinery and terminal for Jizan. |