RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Three Canadians, a Pakistani and a Nigerian were among those killed in a fire that engulfed parts of a residential compound in Alkhobar, a Saudi official said.

The blaze began early Sunday in a sprawling, multistory Radium housing complex that accommodates workers for state oil giant Saudi Aramco.

Col. Ali bin Saad Al-Qahtani, a civil defense spokesman for the Eastern Province, provided the update in comments carried by the official Saudi Press Agency early Monday.

He said a total of 10 people died and 259 were injured in the blaze. The civil defense directorate previously said 11 people were killed.

Al-Qahtani did not provide the nationalities of the other five people killed.

Of those injured, 179 have left the hospital after receiving treatment.

A preliminary investigation suggests a short circuit in an electrical transformer in the building’s basement sparked the blaze, which quickly spread through 130 cars parked in the basement, he said.

The complex is a gated community of eight six-story buildings with a total of 486 residential units as well as swimming pools and other leisure facilities, according to Aramco’s website.