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Fire kills Bangladeshis among 11 in Saudi Arabia

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Published: 15:03, 12 July 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Fire kills Bangladeshis among 11 in Saudi Arabia

International Desk: At least 11 people were killed and six others were injured in a fire that broke out at a house of the southern province of Najran in Saudi Arabia, according to Gulf News and First Post online.

All the casualties hailed from Bangladesh and India, according to the civil defence of Saudi Arabia.

However, it could not be known immediately that how many Bangladeshis were among the casualties.

"Firefighters put out a blaze in an old house lacking windows for ventilation. Eleven people died of asphyxiation, and six others were injured," the civil defence said in a tweet.


risingbd/Dhaka/July 12, 2017/A K Azad

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