More than 20 dead in Saudi hospital fire

[Jonathan Fairfield]

More than 20 dead in Saudi hospital fire

RIYADH:-- At least 25 people have been killed in a fire in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

More than a hundred have been injured in the blaze, which started in the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital in the south of the kingdom.

Officials say the fire is now out and an investigation is underway.

The injured are being treated in other hospitals in the area.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-24

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Saudi Arabia hospital fire: 25 killed and over 100 injured

RIYADH:-- 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.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35173415

-- BBC 2015-12-24