Jeddah: A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, the authorities said on Sunday.
Plumes of black smoke were still rising from the roof of the station at least four hours after the fire broke out at 12.35pm (0935 GMT), Al Ekhbariya state television footage showed.
It said civil defence were fighting the fire with air support and many sections of the blaze were under control.
Five people were transported to hospital with injuries, the official Twitter account of Mecca region reported. It said 16 medical teams were working at the scene.
Al Ekhbariya said four people were treated on site and traffic on the railway line had been suspended until further notice for safety reasons.
The 6.7 billion euro ($7.3 billion), 450 kilometres Haramain Railway linking the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina, with the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, was opened in September last year.
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