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An electrical short circuit caused a fire to break out in the hotel. According to a local government statement the fire was first reported at 6:30 pm ET, and the blaze was contained by 9:00 pm ET. [2] Fifteen Egyptian pilgrims were killed and one hundred and thirty other pilgrims were injured as a result of the fire.
A fire on 11 March 2002 at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killed fifteen people, all young girls.Complaints were made that Saudi Arabia's "religious police", specifically the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, had prevented schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered emergency services personnel because the students were not wearing modest ...
The Mecca fire of 1997 was a fire that occurred in the tent city Mina near Mecca in Saudi Arabia 15 April 1997, killing between 217 and 300 people and injured 1,300. According to witnesses, most of the dead were from India , Pakistan and Bangladesh .
The Saudi Civil Defense(Arabic: الدفاع المدني السعودي) is an organization established in Saudi Arabia with the primary aim of protecting the public and responding to emergencies, natural disasters, and other incidents that pose a risk to the safety of the people.
The 2023 Makkah hotel fire occurred on May 19, 2023, when a fire took place in a hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.There were many Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who were among the victims of the hotel fire that killed eight people and injured six others.
On 25 March, the North Jeddah Bulk Plant owned by Saudi Aramco on the outskirts of Jeddah was attacked by drones and missiles, triggering a large fire. Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack. [1] This attack is considered a turning point in the civil war which led to the Saudi coalition agreeing to a ceasefire with the Houthis.
The Khobar Towers bombing was an attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran and nearby King Abdulaziz Air Base on 25 June 1996.
Pages in category "Fires in Saudi Arabia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 0–9. 2002 Mecca girls' school fire; 2023 Makkah hotel fire ...