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| Members of Saudi Civil Defence work at Jazan General Hospital following a pre-dawn fire in the port city of Jazan, Saudi Arabia December 24, 2015 |
The kingdom has suffered a number of large-scale accidents this year, namely a crane collapse that killed 111 and a stampede that killed at least 2,400 during the hajj pilgrimage in September.
Saudi Arabia says an overnight fire at a hospital in
the southwestern province of Jizan has killed at least 31 people and
injured over 100.
Saudi Civil Defence spokesman Maj
Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani says the cause of the blaze remains
unknown. It broke out in the early hours on Thursday around the
hospital’s intensive care, maternity and neonatal care wards.
There was no immediate breakdown of the victims available.
The
kingdom has suffered a number of large-scale accidents this year,
namely a crane collapse that killed 111 and a stampede that killed at
least 2,400 during the hajj pilgrimage in September, according to an
Associated Press count
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