Fire Breaks out at Haramain Rail Station in Saudi Arabia, 5 Injured

A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Jeddah. (SPA)
A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Jeddah. (SPA)
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Fire Breaks out at Haramain Rail Station in Saudi Arabia, 5 Injured

A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Jeddah. (SPA)
A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Jeddah. (SPA)

A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, the country's civil defense service said on Sunday.

Five people were taken to hospital, the Makkah regional government said.

It added that 16 medical teams were working at the scene.

The 6.7 billion euro ($7.3 billion), 450 km (280 mile) Haramain Railway linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, with the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, was opened in September last year.



Saudi Interior Minister Receives Sudanese, Japanese Ambassadors

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sudanese Ambassador Dafallah Al-Haj Ali Osman in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sudanese Ambassador Dafallah Al-Haj Ali Osman in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
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Saudi Interior Minister Receives Sudanese, Japanese Ambassadors

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sudanese Ambassador Dafallah Al-Haj Ali Osman in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sudanese Ambassador Dafallah Al-Haj Ali Osman in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz received in Riyadh on Tuesday Sudanese Ambassador to Riyadh Dafallah Al-Haj Ali Osman.

He also later received Japan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Yasunari Morino.

The meetings tackled a number of topics of common interest.