25 killed in Saudi Arabia hospital fire

At least 25 people have been confirmed dead after an overnight fire razed a southern based Arabian hospital.

The inferno, which broke out in the intensive care and the maternal units of the Jazen General Hospital, also injured more than 100 people, Saudi authorities say.

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An investigation into the outbreak is underway but an eyewitness say the fire was caused by an electrical fault which sparked the fire that swept through the hospital building in minutes.

“We could hear the women screaming,” the witness said.
The blaze badly damaged the interior of the building charring walls and leaving wreckage dangling from the ceiling.

Twenty-one civil defence teams helped extinguish the fire, according to Saudi Authorities.

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