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| Hospital fire kills 25 in Saudi Arabia |
| 2015-12-25 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A fire tore through the intensive care unit and the maternity ward of a Saudi hospital before dawn on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 123, officials said. The fire broke out at the general hospital in the southwestern port city of Jazan, the capital of the Jizan region, one of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's poorest areas. The civil defence agency said 25 people died but a later statement by Health Minister Khalid al-Falih put the corpse count at 24. Two of the dead were security guards and one was a child, officials said. |
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