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Mangaluru expats among 12 killed in Jubail factory fire; many critical

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April 16, 2016

Jubail, Apr 16: At least 12 people were killed and 11 others sustained severe injuries after fire broke out in a petrochemical factory in Saudi Arabia's largest industrial area located east of the Kingdom Satuday.

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Among the injured the condition of at least six is said to be extremely critical.

The incident took place in an area that was under construction and during routine maintenance at Jubail United Petrochemical Company plant.

Sources close to the Saudi Royal Commission said that the victims include expatriates from India and other countries.

It is learnt that Indian victims hailed from Karnataka's coastal city of Mangaluru and Kerala.

The fire broke out when technicians of the maintenance contractor were replacing catalysts in the plant.

Due to heavy smoke people suffered suffocation. The condition of the injured is stable said spokesman for the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Abdulqader.

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The CEO of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Dr. Muslih Al–Otaibi and United Company Chairman Adel Al-Sharidi visited the injured and the accident scene.

The Civil Defense and fire fighters were able to extinguish the fire after 10 minutes of its break out at 11:40 am local time. While the fire was small, it left people with severe smoke inhalation injuries.

Unconfirmed sources have identified the deceased as Bhaskar Bajpe, Vincent Nirmarga, Daniel Kerala, Jolan Filipino (all four in Al Mana Hospital), Ashraf Haleyangadi, lijon Kerala, Balakrishna Poojari Vamanjoor, Mohammed Ibrahim India (all four in Royal Commission Hospital), Karthik Sanil Krishnappa India, Ashish Kumar Singh India and Martin Filipino (all three in Mowasat Hospital).

Among the injured, Dheeraj Manjeshwar Rayan Filipino Athik UP Amrit Nepal and Saeed Kavoor are have been admitted to intensive care units of two different hospitals. The other injured include Nithin Venuru, Yathish Ullal, Ayyub Farangipet and Abhilash Niddodi.

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NOOR
 - 
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raajioon
Indeed we belong to ALLAH and indeed to HIM shall we return.
May ALLAH grant jannah & help the family to cope with the situation.

Fahad
 - 
Saturday, 16 Apr 2016

Sushma Swaraj, the external affairs minister of india is on Iran visit. In this situation she must cut short her Iran visit and rush to Saudi Arabia to visit Indian victims.

Nisar
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Saturday, 16 Apr 2016

A shocking incident. Do not know how to console aggrieved families. All lower middle class expats.

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July 21,2020

New Delhi, Jul 21: A 42-year-old contractual doctor, who was working with Delhi government's National Health Mission, passed away yesterday due to covid-19.

Dr Javed Ali had been on the frontline in the fight against the highly contagious illness since March. He tested positive for coronavirus on June 24 and was hospitalised for treatment over the next three weeks.

For the last 10 days, he was on a ventilator. Yesterday morning, Dr Ali breathed his last at the AIIMS trauma centre. He is survived by his wife and two children - a six-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter.

"I am proud of my husband. He kept working till the end and he is a martyr. He did not take even one day off since March. He worked even on Eid," Dr Heena Kausar, his wife, told media persons.

The cost for the initial treatment at the private hospital was also borne by the family. "No treatment cost was covered when he was at a private hospital initially. We spent around Rs 6 lakh from our own pockets," she said.

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