JEDDAH: An unspecified number of guests were evacuated soon after a fire engulfed a hotel in Jeddah on Sunday. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone and the fire was contained within hours, said an official.

Fifty-two of the 80 rooms in the hotel were occupied and the guests from two floors were evacuated safely, Muhammad Al-Qarni, deputy spokesman of the Civil Defense in the Makkah region, said.

“Fire and rescue teams were dispatched along with support equipment to the hotel soon after receiving a call. The blaze started in one of the suites on the fourth floor of thje 11-story building and our teams evacuated guests from two floors that were damaged."

The operation was supervised by the head of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Jeddah, Ghazi Al-Ghamdi.

An investigation has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the fire.