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Death toll rises to 11 in Saudi fire, 200 injured
Eleven people killed and 200 are injured after a fire swept through an oil workers residential compound in Saudi arabia.
The fire broke out in the basement of radium residential compund in Khobar,”Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco”, said.
Cars and furniture caught fire in the basement of one of the towers, heavy smoke bellowed, obstructing rescue and firefighting operations,” the Civil Defense said in a statement. The fire is now under control, it said.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter with its entire output pumped by Aramco.