A fire that broke out Wednesday in a house in Ardhiya resulted in the death of a domestic worker and three children and their mother suffering from asphyxiation were treated on the site by paramedics.
The Public Relations Department of the General Fire Brigade stated after a report was received by the Central Operations Department about the fire, firemen from the Ardhiya and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh fire centers rushed to the spot and rescued a woman and her three children who were trapped in the house and domestic worker who was injured was rushed to a hospital where she died of injuries.
As the firemen fought the flames one of the officers sustained burns to the hand. The fire department is investigating the cause of the fire.