At least two people were killed and 105 injured in Saudi Arabia Sunday when a fire broke out at a residential complex housing employees of oil giant Saudi Aramco, authorities said.
The fire started in the basement of a tower in the eastern city of
Khobar, the kingdom's civil defence and the national oil company said on
Twitter.
Civil defense and Saudi Aramco fire brigades were evacuating residents.
A statement from Aramco, on its official Twitter's account, read:
"At 05:45 today a fire was reported in the basement of the Radium
residential compound in Al Khobar which is leased by Saudi Aramco for
its employees."
The fire broke out at the basement of Saudi Aramco’s Radium residential compound in al-Khobar, the national oil company said.
It said that civil defense and Saudi Aramco fire brigades were evacuating residents.
the Radium Residential Complex consists of eight six storey buildings and comprises 486 units.
Colonel Ali Al-Qahtani, Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman
said evacuation efforts continue to save people from rooftops. Residents
said helicopters were seen flying in the area.
According to Aramco's website, the Radium Residential Complex consists of eight six storey buildings and comprises 486 units. — Al Arabiya
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