Publication Date:
Tue, 2009-08-11 03:00
JEDDAH: Two Somali women and two children under the age of three died and five other members of the same family were injured when a fire broke out early Monday at their home in Al-Rawabi district along the old Jeddah-Makkah road, the Civil Defense announced.
Civil Defense spokesman in Makkah province Capt. Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi said the operations room was informed early Monday of a fire at one of the old houses in Rawabi district and immediately dispatched fire brigades and rescue teams. He added that some members of the family who were trapped by the fire were rescued and sent to King Abdul Aziz Hospital for treatment.
The spokesman said investigations were being held to know the cause of the fire and to evaluate material damage.
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