The civil defence authority said on Twitter that emergency teams were sent to the scene after a “crane fell at the Grand Mosque.”
That came about an hour after it tweeted that Mecca was “witnessing medium to heavy rains,” with pictures circulating on social media showing lightning. Authorities have not yet released an official account on what happened.
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