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Riyadh: A fire ripped through a hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 107, the authorities said. The blaze broke out in the intensive care unit and the maternity department of the Jazan General Hospital in the kingdom's south, the civil defence agency said on Twitter.
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A brave volunteer at the hospital trying to break the door to rescue people
It said in an update later that the fire had been extinguished and an investigation was under way into the cause. Twenty-one civil defence teams had assisted in putting out the blaze, it added.
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Alriyadh daily quoted a civil defence spokesman as saying that the agency was alerted of the fire at 2:00 am.
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In August, 10 people were killed and 259 wounded in a fire at a residential complex rented by oil giant Saudi Aramco in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
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Civilians in Jazan have also been victims of frequent missile attacks by rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Huthi insurgents and their allies since March.
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