Saudi Arabia hospital fire leaves 31 dead, including one child, and more than 100 injured as blaze rips through maternity ward and intensive care unit 'in three minutes'
By NICK ENOCH FOR MAILONLINE
By NICK ENOCH FOR MAILONLINE
A fire ripped through a hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing at least 31 people - including one child - and injuring 123.
The pre-dawn blaze broke out in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the maternity department of the Jazan General Hospital in the kingdom's south, the civil defence agency said on Twitter.
Rescue teams were able to evacuate the children and patients from the ICU, the health ministry said.
At least 31 people were killed and 123 injured in a fire at a hospital in the southern Saudi city of Jazan
The civil defence agency said in an update later that the fire, on the first floor, had been extinguished and an investigation was under way into the cause.
