Fire at Yemen shopping mall kills one, injures 13, state media says


Feb ⁠15 (Reuters) - One person ⁠was killed and ‌13 were injured after a fire broke ​out at ⁠a shopping ⁠mall in the city ⁠of ‌Marib, Yemen, on ⁠Sunday, state news agency ​Saba ‌said.

The fire, which ⁠broke ​out after midnight on Saturday, ⁠destroyed the mall ​and damaged nearby shops, Saba added. ⁠The death and injuries were all caused by suffocation, ​it ⁠said.

(Reporting by Hatem ​Maher and ‌Muhammad Al ​Gebaly; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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