DUBAI – A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah, authorities said, wounding at least five people on Sunday.
The blaze, which caused plumes of black smoke around 12:35 p.m. (0935 GMT), was brought under control 12 hours later, the civil defense service added.
Five people with injuries were brought to a hospital, the Mecca region said. Sixteen medical teams were at the scene.
The 450-km (280-mile) Haramain Railway linking the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina, with the Red Sea city of Jeddah, was opened in 2018 and cost around 6.7 billion euros ($7.3 billion).
The station is part of efforts to boost tourism revenue as the country seeks to shed its dependence on oil exports.(Reuters)
