JEDDAH: A fire at an Aramco residential complex in Alkhobar early Sunday killed two people and injured more than a hundred, officials said.
Some of the injured were in “critical condition” and confined at nearby hospitals, the Civil Defense Department said. It said the casualties were from “various nationalities.”
Preliminary investigation showed that the fire started in the basement of one of the buildings.
Authorities said that residents of nearby towers were evacuated as helicopters took part in the firefighting operations. Firefighting units eventually extinguished the fire, the Saudi Press Agency said, quoting other officials.
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company in terms of crude production and exports, released a statement confirming the fire at the residential complex, adding that the incident was being investigated.
The company says it employs more than 61,000 workers worldwide from 77 countries.
