The number of victims of a shopping center fire in Damascus has risen to 11 "so far"
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced that the number of victims of the fire that broke out in a large commercial center in the center of the capital, Damascus, has risen to 11, two people have been rescued, and material damage has been great. in the Syrian capital.
The head of the ambulance department at Damascus Hospital, “Al-Mujtahid,” Dr. Muhammad Abu Al-Rish, said earlier: “So far, 7 charred bodies have arrived at the hospital’s ambulance department this morning, as a result of the fire in Al-Hamra Mall, and they were not identified, and they were taken directly to the refrigerators. To present them to the forensic medicine and conduct the necessary tests to determine their identity,” according to the “SANA” news agency.
The Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement that “a report was received to the central ambulance system in the Ministry of Health by the ambulance station located in Sabaa Bahrat Square about a fire in the building of the “La Mirada” Mall on Al-Hamra Street, and that an immediate response was made and 4 ambulances were sent to provide aid. The necessary medical care and the transfer of a number of people to nearby hospitals to provide the necessary treatment services, explaining that the ministry's ambulances are still in place to support the firefighting and civil defense teams until the cooling operations are completed.
It was noted that the fire was caused by a short circuit in the commercial complex.
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