Fire strikes Saudi high-speed train station, at least five injured


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 Sep 2019

A firefighting helicopter sprays water on a fire at the Haramain high-speed rail station in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Nofal

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.

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