RIYADH: A fire ripped through an uninhabited
hotel in the Saudi holy city of
Makkah on Sunday without causing casualties, the civil defence spokesman said.
Firefighters put out the
Blaze at the 10-floor hotel, the spokesman said in statements carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
The fire had spread from palm trees facing a facade of the
hotel and gutted all 10 floors of the building which comprises two towers. Pictures posted by the official SPA news agency on its website showed flames and black ***** billowing from the
hotel as firefighters battled to extinguish the blaze.
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