Fire Strikes Saudi High-Speed Train Station

Date: 29 September 2019 - 22:35

News ID: ۷۱۰۵۹

DUBAI (Reuters) – A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, the authorities said on Sunday.
Plumes of black smoke were still rising from the roof of the station at least four hours after the fire broke out at 12.35 p.m. (0935 GMT), Al-Ekhbariya state television footage showed.
It said civil defenses were fighting the fire with air support and many sections of the blaze were under control.
The shooter refused to surrender to police who had surrounded the site and who shot him dead, the statement said.
Another Saudi, a Filipino and five members of the security forces were also wounded by gunfire, the statement said.