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Binladin factory gutted
By a Staff Writer - Arab News
JEDDAH, 19 December 2002 — A huge fire of unknown origin gutted a furnishing clothes and furniture factory of Binladin Group in Jeddah on Tuesday morning causing an estimated loss of over SR70 million. Twelve Civil Defense teams worked hard to put out the fire, which consumed the entire factory. Ten people suffered burns of varying degrees and near-suffocation conditions. Rashid Al-Shabarmi, manager of the factory, said it could be the speed of the fire that led to the total destruction of the 4,000 square meter facility which was fitted with automatic safety devices. He said it was too early to give an estimate of the loss. More than 200 people work in the factory, which is situated outside the industrial zone to the south of the city. This is possibly the only factory of large size located outside the industrial zone. It is pointed out that factories outside the industrial zone are more vulnerable to accidents such as fire while there are special arrangements in the zone to contain such emergencies. Brig. Saad Al-Thobaity, director of Civil Defense in the Makkah region, said the fire was first spotted at the southern part of the factory and the inflammable raw materials kept in the factory might have been one reason for the fire to spread fast.

***and then again, maybe little georgie didn't have any frogs close at hand and needed a pep-me-up...what a coincidence that the fated facility belonged to the BinLaden family...

posted by A Curmudgeon 10:09 AM