RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia says an overnight fire at a hospital in the southwestern province of Jizan has killed at least 31 people and injured over 100.
Saudi Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani says the cause of the blaze remains unknown. It broke out in the early hours of Thursday around the hospital's intensive care, maternity and neonatal care wards.
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There was no immediate breakdown of the victims available.
The kingdom has suffered a number of large-scale accidents this year, namely a crane collapse that killed 111 and a stampede that killed at least 2,400 during the hajj pilgrimage in September, according to an Associated Press count.
Dozens have died and more than a hundred were injured at a Saudi Arabian hospital overnight.