Taif hospital evacuated after fire

TAIF — Three people were injured in a fire at King Faisal Hospital in Taif on Sunday. Taif Civil Defense spokesman Col. Nasser Al-Faar said the Civil Defense received reports of thick smoke filling King Faisal Hospital after a fire at one of the hospital’s wards. The fire was at the second floor of the hospital building and covered an area of 16 sq. meters, but thick smoke spread throughout the hospital building creating panic. The Civil Defense evacuated 75 people from the building. The firefighters managed to extinguish the fire in record time. There were only three injuries reported. The victims were a patient, a security guard and a nurse. The patient suffered from mild burns on his right leg while the security guard and nurse suffered from smoke inhalation.