“Unfortunately, the thick smoke from the fire spread into the upper floors of the hospital, leaving 25 dead and 123 injured”, Health Minister Khalid Al Falih said in a statement carried by national news agency SPA. Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani said.
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The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.
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One child and two security guards were among those killed.
A Ministry of Health spokesman was not available to comment.
A previous toll had put the number of people injured in the fire at 107.
Informing the condition of Indian nurses and the patients in the hospital, MEA spokesperson, Vikas Swarup tweeted, “Update on Fire in Jizan Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia where 30 Indian nurses were on duty”.
The incident took place in the midnight of Thursday at intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital after which 25 succumbed.
King Salman said on Wednesday Saudi Arabia would seek to diversify its sources of income and improve the efficiency of government spending as it strives to reduce its dependence on oil revenue, which has plunged since past year.
Jazan is near the border with Yemen, which has seen months of fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces.
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Saudi Arabian authorities are on the scene investigating.
