Saudi factory fire kills 12

Riyadh: A fire at a petrochemicals plant in the eastern Saudi city of Jubail killed 12 workers on Saturday, the official SPA news agency reported. The fire broke out during maintenance work, a spokesman for the Jubail and Yanbu industrial zone, Abdel Rahman al-Abdel Khader, told

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Published 16 April 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:22

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Riyadh: A fire at a petrochemicals plant in the eastern Saudi city of Jubail killed 12 workers on Saturday, the official SPA news agency reported.

The fire broke out during maintenance work, a spokesman for the Jubail and Yanbu industrial zone, Abdel Rahman al-Abdel Khader, told the agency.

The victims suffocated from fumes of burning chemicals, he said. Another 11 employees were injured, six of them left in "serious state".

Saudi factory fire kills 12

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