At least 25 people have been killed and 100 injured in a hospital fire in southern Saudi Arabia, officials say.
The blaze started at the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital in the south of the kingdom, the civil defence agency tweeted.
Reports say the agency tweeted again to say that the “Jazan hospital accident is now over”.
It says an investigation is under way to find out the cause of the blaze.
Some 21 civil defence teams helped extinguish the fire, according to the agency.
Photographs published in Saudi daily Okaz showed rooms inside the hospital charred deep black, debris hanging from the ceiling.
Jazan is near the border with Yemen, which has seen months of fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces.
Earlier this week a rocket fired from Yemen towards Jazan was intercepted by Saudi Arabia, reports said, although there is no indication Thursday’s fire is related to the conflict.
In August, 10 people were killed and 259 wounded in a fire at a residential complex rented by Saudi Aramco in the Eastern Province.
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